Test Automation Engineer

🚀 Test Automation Engineer | Cypress / Playwright & Postman | Enterprise Migration Platform

🌍 Remote | 📄 B2B Contract |

We are looking for an experienced Test Automation Engineer to join our client's technology engineering team driving a critical platform migration. This high-impact project focuses on replacing an existing journalist reporting and payment calculation platform with an advanced, modern MARS-based application.

You will take ownership of setting up and scaling quality automation across UI and API layers, operating within a lean-documentation environment where you define test coverage from code and user stories, evaluate framework consolidations, and establish robust CI/CD quality gates.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Designing, building, and maintaining test automation frameworks from scratch across UI and API layers.
• Implementing UI automation using JavaScript-based frameworks (Cypress or Playwright).
• Automating API testing using Postman collections executed via Newman directly within CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluating and consolidating UI and API test automation into a single, cohesive framework.
• Driving exploratory and manual testing alongside automation to ensure complete feature coverage in a fast-paced delivery cycle.
• Extracting test requirements directly from Jira tickets, code documentation, and Confluence epics without relying on traditional legacy specs.
• Collaborating closely with cross-functional Java/React engineering squads to advocate for quality and justify automation architectural decisions.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong commercial experience as a Test Automation Engineer .
• Proven track record of building and evolving automated testing frameworks from scratch.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript test ecosystems.
• Familiarity with backend architectures (Java backends, cloud-native services) to quickly navigate code and identify edge cases.
• Consultant mindset: Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain, justify, and champion automation strategy to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Self-starter attitude comfortable navigating greenfield spaces and limited documentation.

Must-Haves:

• Hands-on test automation expertise with Cypress or Playwright (or comparable JavaScript frameworks).
• Strong experience in API testing with Postman and automated CI/CD execution via Newman.
• Solid proficiency in JavaScript with basic familiarity with Java.
• Proven experience combining manual and automated testing strategies effectively.
• Excellent English communication skills for daily cross-border collaboration.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on exposure to cloud architectures and services (AWS, Lambda, SQS, Azure).
• Practical experience working with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) workflows and Gherkin syntax.

Location & Working Setup:

• 100% Remote working model (Latvia/Lithuania).

If you are an automation engineer who thrives on owning frameworks end-to-end and driving modern testing standards on enterprise platforms, apply today or reach out directly to connect!