Senior Test Automation Engineer

Description

Summary: Join our Quality Engineering team as a Senior Test Automation Engineer to elevate software quality across a global HR and payroll B2B SaaS platform, owning automation coverage and evolving testing infrastructure. Highlights: 1. Raise software quality across a complex, distributed B2B SaaS platform 2. Own automation coverage across frontend, backend, and microservice boundaries 3. Play a hands-on role in evolving testing infrastructure We are looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team and help us raise the bar on software quality across a global HR and payroll platform, a complex, distributed B2B SaaS platform. You will work closely with product owners from the earliest stages of development, own automation coverage across frontend, backend, and microservice boundaries, and play a hands\-on role in evolving our testing infrastructure. **What You'll Do** * Design, implement, and maintain automated E2E test suites covering UI, API, and third\-party integration points. * Champion shift\-left practices by embedding in sprint planning, story refinement, and design reviews to catch quality risks early. * Own regression testing, exploratory testing, and production validation across critical product workflows. * Write type\-safe, schema\-validated test code using TypeScript and Zod to minimize false positives and improve maintainability. * Build and maintain E2E and component tests with Playwright/Cypress, covering critical user flows and edge cases. * Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable feedback to developers. * Design and execute API test coverage using Postman and REST\-assured. * Test event\-driven and asynchronous workflows across microservice boundaries. * Identify gaps in coverage, prioritize them against risk, and drive resolution with a pragmatic mindset. * Collaborate in a QA team, contributing to shared standards, tooling decisions, and documentation. * Identify, track, and triage bugs using tools like Jira and Xray. * Mentor engineers on testability and release confidence. **What You'll Bring** * 4\+ years of hands\-on test automation experience in production software environments. * Strong TypeScript skills: you write test code that is clean, readable, and easy to extend. * Solid experience with Playwright or Cypress for E2E, both UI and API testing. * Familiarity with Zod or other runtime schema\-validation libraries. * Hands\-on expertise across the whole STLC, including testing patterns and architectures (e.g., Page Object Model, fixtures and factories, data\-driven testing) and end\-to\-end test design strategies. * API testing expertise with Postman and/or REST\-assured across RESTful and event\-driven interfaces. * Hands\-on experience with bug tracking and test management tools (Jira, Xray, or equivalent). * Practical experience testing microservice architectures, including service isolation strategies. * Comfortable working within Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, refinement, design reviews) and collaborating directly with product owners and developers. * Ability to test third\-party integration points and design robust strategies around external dependencies. * Excellent problem\-solving and debugging skills, with the ability to write clear, reproducible, and well\-prioritized bug reports. * Experience mentoring or coaching engineers on testing practices and quality ownership. * Familiarity with current AI\-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor) and sound judgment on where AI fits in the testing workflow, accelerating delivery without compromising rigor or ownership. * A proactive, detail\-oriented mindset that thrives in fast\-paced, high\-ownership environments. * Bilingual English/Spanish (written and verbal). **Nice to have** * Experience in payroll, fintech, or other compliance\-heavy domains. * Understanding of contract testing concepts and tools. * Exposure to security and privacy testing (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2 readiness). * Familiarity with performance and load testing tools (e.g., k6, JMeter, Gatling). * Experience with observability or production monitoring tools (Datadog, Grafana, Sentry, or equivalent). * Comfort working in distributed, asynchronous teams across multiple time zones. * Familiarity with Jenkins configuration and pipeline authoring.