Lead Test Automation Engineer – UI/API/Batch

Prime Nearshore; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Nearshore in Lisbon, Portugal, seeks a Tech Lead Test Automation Engineer to drive automation across UI, API and Batch layers within an Agile team. You will design, implement and industrialize automated test solutions and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.

You will mentor testers, collaborate with developers and product owners, and promote testing best practices to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability across the software factory.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Software Testing, Quality Assurance, or Test Automation.
• Experience as Tech Lead in Test Automation or in a similar technical leadership role.
• Strong understanding of QA principles, testing methodologies, and testing best practices.
• Solid experience creating and executing both manual and automated test cases.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Ability to assess automation feasibility and define appropriate automation strategies.
• Experience collaborating with Quality Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to provide technical guidance and adopt an advisory posture while remaining assertive when required.
• Comfortable working in international and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess the opportunity, feasibility, and value of test automation initiatives.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Automate and execute functional tests across UI, API, and Batch layers.
• Work closely with Quality Analysts to industrialise functional test cases through automation.
• Design and execute automated test scenarios based on functional and technical requirements.
• Identify, document, track, and validate defects using tools such as Mantis or Jira.
• Maintain and continuously improve automated test assets and test suites.
• Ensure automated tests remain reliable and up to date with application and tool evolutions.
• Collaborate with Development and Product teams to align test automation with project needs.
• Integrate automated tests into the software factory and CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyse automation results, identify issues, and contribute to root-cause analysis.
• Promote test automation best practices, standards, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance and support to project teams regarding automation strategies and solutions.
• Contribute to improving the overall quality, efficiency, and reliability of the testing process.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Problem-solving

Advisory mindset

Stress management

Tools

Cypress

Python

Sauce Labs

Xray

MongoDB

Git

Postman

Job description

Prime Nearshore in Lisbon, Portugal, seeks a Tech Lead Test Automation Engineer to drive automation across UI, API and Batch layers within an Agile team. You will design, implement and industrialize automated test solutions and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.

You will mentor testers, collaborate with developers and product owners, and promote testing best practices to improve quality, efficiency, and reliability across the software factory.