QA Automation Engineer - Build Reliable Pipelines (Porto, Hybrid)

DBServices Portugal; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Physical health support

Mental health care

Job summary

DBServices Portugal is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join the Porto team. You will develop, maintain, and evolve automated test suites covering UI, API, regression, and integration testing, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to sustain quality throughout the lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of automation experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Robot Framework, and/or Appium, plus programming skills (Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python) and CI/CD tooling

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience in test automation.
• Hands-on experience with automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Robot Framework, and/or Appium.
• Experience with API testing using tools or frameworks (REST Assured, Karate, Postman/Newman, SuperTest).
• Experience with one or more programming languages (C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
• Experience with Git and software engineering best practices.
• Ability to structure automated tests with focus on reliability and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and evolve automated test suites covering UI, API, regression, and integration testing.
• Build scalable and reusable test automation solutions aligned with software engineering best practices.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, supporting continuous quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, DevOps, and Product teams to identify risks early and validate requirements.
• Contribute to the definition of test strategies and the continuous evolution of QA practices.
• Document test scenarios, automation strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, standardization, and quality governance initiatives.
• Support failure analysis, troubleshooting, and investigation of test-related incidents.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Robot Framework

Appium

API testing

Java

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Tools

REST Assured

Karate

Postman/Newman

SuperTest

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

DBServices Portugal is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join the Porto team. You will develop, maintain, and evolve automated test suites covering UI, API, regression, and integration testing, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to sustain quality throughout the lifecycle.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of automation experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Robot Framework, and/or Appium, plus programming skills (Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python) and CI/CD tooling