QA Automation Engineer

We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented QA Automation Engineer (in Portugal or Romania) who is passionate about quality, automation, and continuous improvement. In this role you will design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for web applications, playing a key part in ensuring the reliability and performance of our products at every stage of the software lifecycle.

What you'll be doing

Automation & Framework Development

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web applications
• Build and enhance automation frameworks using Cypress
• Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous quality delivery

Test Planning & Execution

• Perform functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, smoke, and sanity testing
• Create comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, and test cases aligned with business requirements
• Execute automated and manual test suites, analyze results, and drive quality delivery
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects through to resolution using defect management tools

Collaboration & Reporting

• Collaborate with developers, business users, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure solution quality
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, requirement reviews, test strategy discussions, and release validation
• Report testing progress, risks, defects, and quality metrics clearly and in a timely manner
• Contribute to improving test automation coverage and overall QA processes

What you need to be successful

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in QA Automation and Functional Testing
• Hands-on experience using Cypress
• Good understanding of JavaScript and/or TypeScript for writing automation scripts
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, STLC, and test lifecycle management
• Experience creating and executing test cases, test scenarios, and test plans
• Good understanding of web application testing and end-to-end validation
• Good knowledge of API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
• Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Strong analytical, debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and a genuine commitment to delivering high-quality solutions
• Familiarity with performance, accessibility, or security testing practices
• Exposure to cloud-based test environments or containerized testing setups (e.g. Docker)
• ISTQB or similar QA certification is a plus

What we’ll hook you up with

• Opportunity to join a reference business group with a strong international presence
• Your well-being matters: you will get flextime and support for your personal needs
• We care about each other, joys and challenges alike. There’s always someone you can share a laugh, a problem, or a story with
• Other goodies that support a good life-work balance
• Possibility to work remotely (if you are based in Romania or Portugal)

Originally posted on Himalayas