Lead Automation Engineer (Fully Remote)

Capital on Tap; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car parking

36 days of holiday

Annual learning and wellbeing budget

Free therapy sessions

Job summary

Capital on Tap is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to own the testing strategy for their domain, partnering with the QA Team Lead. You will design and maintain automated tests for API, UI, and mobile, driving a shift-left approach with data-driven insights to predict high-risk areas.

Experience testing financial systems and hands-on with Playwright and Cypress will be essential. The role starts remote and evolves to hybrid work with two on-site days in Lisbon once the office opens.

Qualifications

• Experience testing complex financial systems, including card issuing and transaction processing.
• Hands-on with Playwright, Cypress, and API testing frameworks.
• Ability to design robust automated tests across API, UI, and mobile.
• Champion a shift-left mindset and use data-driven insights to predict high-risk areas.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the testing strategy for your domain, partnering with the QA Team Lead.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated tests for API, UI, and mobile.
• Champion a shift-left mindset and use data-driven insights to predict high-risk areas.

Skills

Financial systems testing

Test strategy

Quality champion

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

API testing frameworks

Job description

• This role starts fully remote and moves to a hybrid set-up of two days on-site once the Lisbon office opens.
• You will be the quality champion for your mission team, leveraging standardised automation tooling to maximise coverage.

What You’ll Do:

• Define and own the testing strategy for your domain, partnering with the QA Team Lead.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated tests for API, UI, and mobile.
• Champion a shift-left mindset and use data-driven insights to predict high-risk areas.

Who We’re Looking For:

• Experience testing complex financial systems, including card issuing and transaction processing.
• Hands-on with Playwright, Cypress, and API testing frameworks.
• Private healthcare, paid car parking, and 36 days of holiday.
• Annual learning and wellbeing budget, plus free therapy sessions.

Capital on Tap

Capital on Tap is a financial platform providing business credit cards, spend management, savings, and tools for small businesses. With over 1,000 employees and 200,000 customers, the company is profitable and values speed, ownership, and direct feedback.