Senior Automation Engineer

• 4-5+ years of hands-on experience in test automation (UI and API: REST/SOAP).
• 4-5+ 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.
• Strong leadership, mentoring/coaching, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Self-driven, proactive, and able to work independently.
• Fluent spoken and written English.

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 for test script generation, refactoring, and documentation.
• Exposure to LLM-based test automation techniques.

• 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.
• Contribute to QA/test automation communities.