Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Hybrid)

Test Automation & Execution

• Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks and test scripts covering UI, back-end and database functionality.
• Run manual and automated tests across web, mobile and API platforms.
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines to optimise release quality and delivery timelines.
• Write scalable, structured and well-documented code for test automation infrastructure.

Requirements & Test Planning

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure requirements are testable and clearly understood.
• Identify gaps in coverage and recommend improvements in automation and test scope.
• Develop full end-to-end test plans, execution strategies and validation methods.

Defect & Quality Management

• Perform root cause analysis on failures and verify fixes through regression and validation.
• Log and maintain clear defect records using tracking tools (e.g., Jira).
• Monitor reliability metrics and quality indicators, providing actionable insight.

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and grooming sessions.
• Work closely with product managers, developers and scrum teams to embed quality throughout SDLC.
• Communicate risks and testing status clearly with stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to process optimisation, automation expansion and QA methodology improvements.
• Research emerging tools and technologies in QA and automation.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior QA team members.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain structured documentation including test scenarios, outcomes, and defect logs.
• Provide progress reporting to squad and delivery stakeholders.
• Ensure automation scripts and test assets follow coding and documentation standards.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3+ years hands-on automation engineering experience.
• 3+ years manual QA testing experience.

Essential Skills

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, frameworks and testing best practice.
• Programming skills in JavaScript or Java.
• Automation experience using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or WebDriverIO.
• Experience using Appium for mobile testing.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as Mocha, JUnit, TestNG or similar.
• API testing experience using Postman or RestAssured.
• Experience integrating automation into CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Experience with Page Object Model (POM) and data-driven test development.
• Hands-on experience across UI, API, web technologies and database layers.
• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum processes.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong ownership of quality outcomes.