Senior Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities: • Lead, coach, and mentor in test automation best practices • Define and evolve the team's test automation strategy, including roadmap, tooling, framework architecture, and quality gates • Design, implement, maintain, and continuously improve scalable automation frameworks for UI and API testing • Partner with Functional SMEs to define quality approaches, acceptance criteria, and risk-based test coverage • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and collaborate closely with development and infrastructure teams • Run automation feasibility assessments and recommend the right level of automation per feature • Improve test coverage, execution speed, reliability, and diagnostics in a continuous improvement mindset • Ensure proper handling of test data dependencies, environments, and cross-system integration flows • Collaborate effectively in an international, cross-country setup and contribute to QA/test automation communities   Requirements: • 5+ years of hands-on experience in test automation (UI and API: REST/SOAP) • 5+ years of experience with .NET (preferred) or Java • Practical experience with Playwright or Selenium • Strong understanding of test automation framework design and maintainable architecture patterns • Experience with SQL and data validation for automated tests • Experience with CI/CD integration (e.g., Bamboo/Jenkins/Azure DevOps or similar) • Experience with Git-based workflows (Bitbucket/GitHub/GitLab) • Experience working with Jira in agile delivery environments • Self-driven, proactive, and able to work independently • Fluent spoken and written English • Strong leadership, mentoring/coaching, communication, and problem-solving skills Nice to have: • Experience in banking/financial services domain • Experience with Temenos T24 • Experience working in large, distributed enterprise test environments • Practical experience with AI-assisted coding tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) for test script generation, refactoring, and documentation • Exposure to LLM-based test automation techniques (e.g., generating locators, test data, or assertions from requirements)   Offer: • Private medical care • Co-financing for the sports card • Constant support of dedicated consultant • Employee referral program