Senior QA Automation Engineer (Backend)

About the Role

This role seeks an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to drive our automation strategy and framework, integrating it into our CI/CD pipeline. You will be crucial in maximizing product quality and minimizing regression risks across our Web, Mobile, API, and backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and executing manual and automated functional, regression and performance tests
• Designing and implementing testing strategy for the Backend API Platform
• Testing mobile network connectivity by interacting with mobile devices
• Running Functional and End-to-End tests and making that sure the functionalities are in conformance with the user stories, acceptance criteria and design documents
• Ensuring version releases with 0 critical bugs
• Looking for ways to increase automation ratio as much as possible while performing manual tests for the scenarious that are not automated yet
• Collaborating and working closely with Product Managers, Developers, Designers to share bug reports, ensure business requirements are met, and increase code and automated test coverages
• Tracking and measuring quality metrics to take any necessary corrective actions proactively for one thing: the best quality can be achieved
• Evaluating, building, and improving the roadmap and infrastructure of the overall QA strategy and testing cycle for the end-products, making recommendations as necessary
• Helping to build and grow a strong and dedicated QA Guild

Requirements

• 5+ years of dedicated experience in Quality Assurance (QA)
• Deep understanding of software testing theory, methodologies, and best practices
• Experience in manual testing across the full range of user story acceptance criteria and test cases
• Expertise in automated functional, API, and UI testing
• Ability to provide realistic estimations for tasks of varying types and sizes
• Solid understanding of HTTP protocol & WebSocket communication
• Understanding of distributed applications and client-server architectures
• Proficient in at least one programming language (TypeScript, Java, Python, or similar)
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Playwright, Axios, Cucumber, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, or similar)
• Experience in performance testing with tools like Apache JMeter, Gatling, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Github Actions, etc.)
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues (infrastructure, test environments, CI/CD workflows)
• Ability to logically decompose application functionality
• Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English

Nice-to-Haves

• Prior experience with Scrum and other Agile Methods
• Prior work experience in telecommunications
• Graduate degree in a related field
• Knowledge of eSIM and GSMA-related technologies and services