Senior QA Automation Engineer

Role overview A senior quality engineering role supporting lottery management services applications used by customers around the world. The position centers on designing and maintaining robust automated test solutions, expanding UI and API coverage, and raising the bar on automation architecture and quality practices across the delivery team.

Responsibilities

- Translate business requirements, user stories, and technical specifications into automation scope and test coverage. - Design, build, refactor, and maintain scalable Java-based automation frameworks for UI and API testing. - Develop reliable automated tests using Selenide or Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, and reusable design patterns. - Implement REST API automation with RestAssured or comparable libraries, supported by tools such as Postman. - Create and maintain end-to-end automated coverage for complex business workflows and integrations. - Integrate automated suites into Jenkins and Git-based CI/CD pipelines and improve the speed and quality of test feedback. - Diagnose test failures, identify root causes, and improve synchronization, logging, and reporting. - Review automation code, promote maintainable engineering practices, and contribute to framework modernization. - Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, DevOps, Architects, and QA colleagues to embed quality into delivery. - Take part in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, refinement, estimation, and retrospectives. - Share clear, timely updates on automation progress, product risks, test results, and quality metrics.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 5+ years of professional software QA experience, with substantial hands-on test automation responsibility. - Strong Java programming skills and experience designing, extending, or significantly improving test automation frameworks. - Strong UI automation experience with Selenide or Selenium WebDriver. - Strong API testing and API automation experience with REST services and RestAssured or an equivalent solution. - Hands-on experience with TestNG, Maven, Git, and Jenkins or a comparable CI/CD platform. - Practical understanding of reusable components, layered test architecture, Page Object patterns, and test orchestration. - Experience diagnosing automated test failures across application and integration layers. - Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams and contributing to planning, refinement, and technical discussions. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice to have

- Experience automating mobile app projects, including mobile testing, image recognition, OCR, or HTML5 Canvas-based application automation. - Familiarity with Playwright or Python-based automation. - Exposure to observability and reporting tools such as Grafana, Kibana, InfluxDB, or Splunk. - Experience with test management and collaboration tools such as QMetry, Jira, and Confluence. - Knowledge of MongoDB, MySQL, or other relational or NoSQL databases. - Experience mentoring colleagues, reviewing automation code, or supporting framework modernization. - Background in regulated or high-transaction industries such as gaming, lottery, financial services, or e-commerce.

Benefits and work setup

- Hybrid working environment with on-site office space and parking. - Private health insurance. - Learning and development budget. - Profit sharing tied to collective performance. - Budget for sports activities, plus team-building and social events. - Employee referral bonuses and additional perk holidays.