Senior Automation Test Engineer, Remote

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Philippines.

📋 Description

• Design and sustain scalable, reusable test automation frameworks across both UI and API layers.

• Create, debug, review, and maintain automation code effectively.

• Develop automated scripts aimed at functional, regression, and performance testing.

• Incorporate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines.

• Identify gaps in test coverage and devise automation solutions accordingly.

• Validate changes to the platform by testing tickets from the Platform squad.

• Implement software engineering best practices, which include version control and reusable automation design.

• Utilize AI-assisted tools and LLM-based agent frameworks to speed up the creation and maintenance of tests.

• Formulate AI-assisted testing methods, prompting strategies, and agent capabilities.

• Provide support for performance and load testing activities.

• Analyze test results and performance data to identify root causes and communicate findings effectively.

• Collaborate with developers, QA engineers, the QA Automation Architect, as well as Engineering, Product, and Platform teams.

• Share expertise and offer technical guidance to QA engineers.

• Drive continuous enhancement within testing processes, tools, frameworks, and infrastructure.

• Report directly to the QA Automation Architect / QA Leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in SDET, QA Automation, Test Automation Engineering, or a comparable engineering role.

• Proficient hands-on programming skills in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Java.

• Capability to write automation code from the ground up, debug existing code, perform code reviews, and maintain scalable automation frameworks.

• Experience with UI automation tools like Playwright, Selenium, or Cypress.

• Background in API automation and testing, including REST APIs, JSON, Postman, or REST Assured.

• Experience in integrating automated tests with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.

• Familiarity with Git or other version control systems.

• Experience or a strong interest in AI tools and LLM-based agents for test creation and automation workflows.

• Understanding of performance and load testing concepts and tools like JMeter, k6, or Locust.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

• Nice-to-have: Experience with AI agent workflows or prompt engineering.

• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with cloud-based testing environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Nice-to-have: Knowledge of Agile methodologies, including Scrum or Kanban.

• Nice-to-have: Experience with RPA or automation-focused technology.

• Nice-to-have: Proficiency in additional programming languages, testing frameworks, or developer tooling.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is considered a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Complete remote work flexibility.

• Autonomy in your role.

• Opportunities to enhance technical expertise.

• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing and agent-based automation.

• Chance to collaborate with seasoned engineering and QA automation professionals.