Automation QA Engineer
We are looking for an experienced Automation QA Leader to strengthen quality engineering practices across our project. The project involves development and integration of an advanced business-workflow orchestration solution within a secure inspection platform. The goal is to enable seamless data ingestion, processing, storage, and retrieval for complex inspection processes, ensuring high availability, scalability, strict access control, and audit. The domain covers security screening, data management, and operational analytics for large-scale on-premises environments.
In this role, you will shape and execute an end-to-end QA strategy, build automation and performance testing frameworks, and ensure high-quality delivery aligned with business goals. As an Automation QA Leader, you will combine hands-on technical leadership with coordination of QA activities, continuously improving QA processes and standards.
Responsibilities:
- Define and lead an effective QA strategy based on the project goals, risks, and the Customer’s expectations
- Own QA direction and maintain consistent quality standards and practices
- Align QA activities with strategic business goals and the Customer’s priorities
- Continuously improve QA processes, metrics, and standards
- Design and implement scalable automation testing frameworks for back-end and/or UI layers
- Lead development and maintenance of automated test suites (API, UI, integration)
- Develop automation strategy, coverage targets, and CI/CD integration
- Contribute to automation tests development
- Maintain test reliability, clarity, and execution efficiency
- Develop and execute performance testing strategy
- Design, implement, and run performance/load/stress tests
- Cover key non-functional requirements, including performance, reliability, and scalability
- Plan tasks, estimate workload, and assign work across the team
- Maintain balanced team workload and timely delivery
- Translate the Customer’s requirements into clear QA priorities
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in QA with a strong focus on test automation
- 2+ years of experience in a QA Leader / Senior Automation QA Engineer role
- Proven experience in leading QA for complex products
- Strong hands-on experience with test automation in Python
- Strong hands-on experience with automation frameworks (Robot Framework is a must; Playwright and pytest are highly desirable)
- Experience with API testing and back-end validation
- Solid understanding of performance testing methodologies and tools; hands-on experience with Locust
- Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, test design techniques, and risk-based testing
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Excellent leadership and communication skills
- English level — Upper-Intermediate or higher (spoken and written)
We offer:
- Remote-first work model with flexible working hours (we provide all equipment)
- Comfortable and fully equipped offices in Lviv and Rzeszów
- Competitive compensation with regular performance reviews
- Referral Bonus Program
- 18 paid vacation days per year
- 12 days of paid sick leave per year
- Extra paid leave (blood donation, marriage, childbirth, etc.)
- Health & wellness support: either a monthly budget for medical insurance and sports activities, or a full medical insurance plan, depending on your cooperation model
- Mental Health Program — company-covered psychologist consultations, with an annual coverage limit
- English, German, and Polish language courses and Speaking Clubs
- Corporate merch gifts for your special dates
- Corporate subscription to learning platforms, regular meetups and webinars
- Friendly team that values accountability, innovation, teamwork, and customer satisfaction
- Maternity leave
- Inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and treated equally. We proudly partner with VeteranHub to support Ukrainian veterans
- We are committed to supporting Ukraine and actively participate in charity initiatives