Senior QA Test Automation Engineer

First Advantage Corporation; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

First Advantage Corporation in Kraków is seeking a Senior QA Test Automation Engineer to strengthen our distributed SaaS quality. You will build, maintain automated tests for UI, API, and microservices, and help enhance CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid office setting.

The role requires 3–5 years in QA automation, experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, WebdriverIO or Playwright, and cloud testing platforms. You will collaborate with developers and product partners to deliver high-quality software.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on QA automation experience.
• Ability to write test cases, plans, and defect reports.
• Understanding of functional, regression, and user-flow testing.
• Experience with JS/TS for test automation.
• Experience with WebdriverIO and/or Playwright.
• Experience automating UI, API, and integration tests.
• Familiarity with cloud testing platforms (BrowserStack/Sauce Labs).
• Knowledge of Git and REST APIs; basic SQL skills.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.

Responsibilities

• Manual and exploratory testing of UI, API, and end-to-end flows.
• Develop and maintain automated tests for UI, API, microservices, and integrations.
• Contribute to scalable automation frameworks stored in GitHub.
• Validate requirements and acceptance criteria through hands-on tests.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable execution.
• Collaborate in code reviews and team automation initiatives.
• Support UAT and end-to-end testing for user-focused scenarios.

Skills

QA automation

Test case design

Functional testing

JS/TS scripting

WebdriverIO

Playwright

BrowserStack

Sauce Labs

CI/CD awareness

SQL basics

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Git

REST APIs

HTML/CSS/DOM

BrowserStack

Sauce Labs

SQL

Job description

Senior QA Test Automation EngineerWe use cookies to make the safest and most effective website possible.### Senior QA Test Automation EngineerApply: PL\\_Poland\\_Virtual: Full time: Posted 30+ Days Ago: R9444*We are seeking a **Senior QA Automation Engineer** in Kraków, Poland. This is a Hybrid work position, and individual will be required to report into our Kraków, Office 2-3 days per week.* As a **Senior** **QA Automation Engineer** you will help drive quality across our distributed SaaS ecosystem. You will build and maintain automated test suites, strengthen our CI/CD pipelines, and ensure our systems are robust, scalable, and reliable. This is a hands‐on engineering role within a modern, collaborative team focused on continuous improvement, transparency, and delivering high‐impact products. **What You'll Do:** **Manual & Exploratory Testing*** Execute manual test cases for UI, API, and end‐to‐end user workflows.* Perform exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and user-impacting defects.* Document clear, reproducible bug reports and collaborate with developers to resolve issues.* Validate business requirements and user acceptance criteria through hands‐on testing.**Automation Engineering*** Develop and maintain automated tests for UI, API, microservices, and integration layers.* Contribute to scalable, reusable automation frameworks stored in GitHub.* Create validations for distributed systems, service‐to‐service interactions, queues, and API contracts.**Quality Ownership*** Work closely with developers and product partners to understand story details and test requirements.* Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure reliable execution.* Support exploratory, UAT, and end‐to‐end testing for user‐focused scenarios.**Collaboration & Continuous Improvement*** Participate in code reviews, GitHub workflows, and team automation practices.* Engage in team learning sessions and internal quality improvement initiatives.* Contribute ideas to improve testing approaches and overall product quality.**What You Bring:** **Core Skills*** 3–5 years of hands‐on experience in QA automation or test engineering.* Familiarity with writing test cases, test plans, and defect documentation.* Understanding of functional testing, regression testing, and user‐flow validation* Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript for test automation.* Understanding of WebdriverIO and/or Playwright.* Proven ability to automate UI, API, and integration scenarios.* Familiar with BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, or similar cloud platforms.**Tooling & Engineering Basics*** Familiarity with Git and version control workflows.* Basic understanding of REST APIs and modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, DOM).* Awareness of CI/CD principles is beneficial.**Data & Application Knowledge*** Ability to write and understand basic SQL queries.* Good understanding of modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, DOM).**Ways of Working*** Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.* Strong communication skills and a proactive, ownership‐driven mindset.* Attention to detail and a passion for delivering quality.* Curiosity and adaptability with a desire to continually improve testing skills.**Nice to Have*** Exposure to SQL basics.* Awareness of performance or accessibility testing concepts.* Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure) through university or personal projects.* Understanding of accessibility testing principles (WCAG 2.1 AA).**We have great people here and are looking for more. Come join us!**