Own and evolve the test automation strategy across web applications, APIs, and backend services.
Architect and maintain scalable, maintainable automation frameworks aligned with engineering standards.
Act as a quality engineering partner to software developers, influencing design decisions to improve testability and resilience.
Drive end-to-end quality ownership, including functional, integration, regression, and nonfunctional testing.
Ensure automated tests are fully integrated into CI/CD pipelines, acting as quality gates for deployments.
Lead defect prevention through root cause analysis, quality metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Mentor and guide other QA engineers, raising the overall automation and quality maturity of the team.
Perform targeted exploratory testing for complex, high-risk scenarios not easily covered by automation.
Participate actively in agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and estimation, representing quality considerations at a senior level.

7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with significant focus on test automation.
Experience designing and scaling automation frameworks for modern web and service-based systems.
Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar languages, applied to automation codebases.
Extensive experience testing RESTful APIs, distributed systems, and service integrations.
Hands-on expertise with automation tools such as Robot Framework (preferred), Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, or equivalent.
Experience with Azure DevOps or similar DevOps platforms like GitHub, GitLab or Atlassian tool suite.
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and quality gates.
Strong grasp of agile practices and cross-functional collaboration; able to influence quality early in the lifecycle.

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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