Senior Test Automation Engineer

DCG; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Co-financing for the sports card

Dedicated consultant support

Job summary

DCG in Warsaw seeks an experienced QA Automation Engineer to design, implement and maintain automated tests for web applications and REST APIs. You will work closely with developers, Product Owners and business experts to raise test coverage and reduce manual testing.

The role requires hands-on Java, modern frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, and experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Jira/Confluence. Fluent English is expected; Polish language not required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on test automation across web apps and APIs.
• Strong Java programming for automated tests.
• Experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, and REST Assured.
• ISTQB Foundation or equivalent knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain automated test cases with CI/CD integration.
• Increase automated test coverage across frontend and backend flows.
• Perform performance and non-functional testing using JMeter.
• Analyze results, identify gaps and drive automation improvements.
• Collaborate with developers, PO and business experts to ensure quality.

Skills

Test automation

Java

English

BDD (Gherkin)

Tools

Playwright

Selenium WebDriver

Cypress

REST Assured

Postman

Maven

Chrome DevTools

Git

Bamboo

qTest

Jira

Confluence

REST API testing

Job description

• Design, implement and maintain automated test cases in close cooperation with developers, manual testers, Product Owners and business experts
• Increase automated test coverage across both frontend and backend flows, reducing reliance on manual testing
• Perform performance and non-functional testing, particularly using JMeter
• Prepare, gather and manage test data required for different testing scenarios
• Monitor, analyse, debug and document automated test execution results
• Identify gaps in test automation and proactively drive improvements in test coverage and testing processes
• Support QA activities across the delivery team and promote a strong automation mindset
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing frameworks, tools and practices
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines and support their execution as part of the software delivery process
• Cooperate with technical and business stakeholders to ensure appropriate test coverage and overall solution quality

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in test automation, covering web applications and REST API or service-level testing
• Strong practical experience with Java and the ability to use it effectively when developing and maintaining automated tests
• Good knowledge of software testing principles, ideally supported by knowledge at ISTQB Foundation level or equivalent
• Hands-on experience with modern test automation tools and frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman, Maven and Chrome DevTools
• Practical experience in performance testing, preferably with JMeter
• Very good working knowledge of Git and strong experience working with Bamboo
• Experience with test management and delivery tools such as qTest, Jira and Confluence
• Familiarity with Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and experience working with Gherkin
• Ability to independently support and drive QA activities within a delivery team and identify opportunities to improve test automation
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with developers, testers, Product Owners and business stakeholders
• A proactive approach to quality and willingness to continuously improve test automation practices and technical skills
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)

Nice to have:

• Experience in manual testing
• Experience in mobile application testing
• Experience working with data formats such as XML, CSV and JSON

Offer:

• Private medical care
• Co-financing for the sports card
• Constant support of dedicated consultant