SENIOR QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER (WEB AND MOBILE) (REMOTE PORTUGAL OR HYBRID LISBON)
Portuguese company hires for remote or hybrid position.
Location: Portugal
Only candidates already based in Portugal will be considered.
Work Model: Fully remote in Portugal or hybrid in Lisbon
Language Requirements: Fluent Portuguese and English
Seniority: Senior (6+ years)
Rate Between €3700 - 4000 RV or unipessoal (gross value)
About The Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to define testing strategies and build scalable automation frameworks across web and mobile platforms. You will integrate quality controls into CI/CD pipelines and validate frontend, backend, APIs and data within modern, cloud-native applications.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks covering web, mobile, APIs, backend services, databases and end-to-end business processes.
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, improving coverage, execution reliability and reporting.
- Create and execute test plans, cases and scenarios across functional, integration, regression, system, exploratory and acceptance testing.
- Validate application behaviour across browsers, devices and operating systems.
- Verify performance, reliability, security and accessibility requirements.
- Manage the defect lifecycle, investigate root causes and report quality results.
Requirements
- Minimum 6 years of proven experience in similar QA automation roles.
- Strong hands‑on experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Postman/Newman, Jest, Vitest, Testing Library and Cucumber/BDD frameworks.
- Ability to write maintainable automation code using TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js and Python.
- Experience with REST API testing, contract validation, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2/JWT authentication, service‑level testing, mocking and service virtualization.
- Experience testing React and React Native applications, with knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3.
- Experience validating backend services developed with Node.js, NestJS and Python.
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL and Redis, including database validation, data integrity testing, SQL query analysis and test data management.
- Experience with AWS, Docker, containerized testing environments and CI/CD integration; fluent Portuguese and English.
Preferred: Robot Framework is highly valued. Experience testing applications using Vite, TanStack Query and Zustand is also appreciated.
Ideal Candidate Profile
A hands‑on QA specialist who combines programming skills with a thorough understanding of software quality. You can define testing strategies, investigate complex failures and build reliable automation across web, mobile and backend systems.
5 Questions for Candidates
- How many years of experience do you have in QA automation across web and mobile applications?
- Which of the listed automation tools have you used recently, and which frameworks have you built or maintained?
- Can you describe your experience with API contracts, authentication testing and database validation?
- How have you integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Docker or AWS?
- Are you fluent in Portuguese and English and comfortable with the work model in Portugal and the €3700–4000 range?
Keywords
QA Automation, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, TypeScript, API Testing, React Native, PostgreSQL, CI/CD, AWS, Docker, Robot Framework
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