Role & seniority: Senior Automation Test Lead

Location & work type: Warsaw, Hybrid (2–3 days/week in office); contract of employment

Stack/tools: JAVA, API testing; automation with Selenium or Cypress; BDD (Cucumber); database querying; test suites (manual + automated); QA/defect-tracking processes; SDLC methodologies

Top 3 responsibilities

Maintain and enhance manual and automated test suites as product matures
Collaborate with program managers, development leads, test leads, and production support to ensure high-quality testing; drive quality culture
Manage QA cycle within agile development; support UAT and regression testing; build automated tests for CI and nightly builds; provide deep business transaction insights

Must-have skills

7+ years in functional/automation testing
Proficiency with JAVA, API, and automation tools (Selenium or Cypress; BDD/Cucumber)
Strong knowledge of API and database testing (including running queries)
SDLC/QA methodologies, defect tracking, change management; strong written/verbal communication

Nice-to-haves

Cross-team collaboration across product lines; building tooling with engineering
Deep understanding of agile, functional, integration, and regression testing
Experience with performance testing basics; ability to triage and prioritize high-impact bugs
Comfort in collaborative, distributed, agile environments; ability to define operating standards and processes

Full Description

Position: Senior Automation Test Lead

Location: Warsaw

Type of work: Hybrid (2-3 days per week in office)- obligatory

Contract: only contract of employment

Salaries: base+ financial bonus

Required

Maintaining the manual & automated test suites and enhance it as the product matures
Experience with JAVA and API
Extensive experience with automation in tools Selenium or Cypress and BDD such as cucumber. Preference would be Cypress
API testing and database testing (able to run queries on database)
Foster a spirit of innovation and collaboration regarding Quality Assurance.
Collaborate and partner closely with program managers, development leads, test leads and production support teams to ensure that software is tested to highest quality
Explore, test, and configure not just technical flows but actual business transactions and provide deep insights
Knowledge of SDLC and QA methodologies, quality process, defect tracking systems including change management.
Drive and promote quality culture within and outside QE

Preferred

Works collaboratively across product lines and department boundaries to enable functional testing and work closely with the engineering team to help build out the tooling and
Deeply understands test methodologies-such as agile; functional, integration and regression testing
Manage and run the QA cycle as part of the agile development cycle and work towards taking the sprints to closure.
Working closely with the product management team, helping with the UAT cycles and regression test application as necessary.
Build reliable automated test suites that run as part of the project Cl and/or nightly build system.
Have a basic understanding of automation testing and performance testing.
Is disciplined, with an eye for detail, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Triage efficiently, prioritizing issues by the highest impact and scope. You know how to get the right bugs fixed
It is comfortable in a collaborative, agile, and distributed development environment.

In addition to the above responsibilities, senior position responsibilities also include

Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes

Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer