Test Automation Lead

Responsibilities:

• 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 and contribute to QA/test automation communities

Offer:

• Private medical care
• Co-financing for the sports card
• Constant support of dedicated consultant
• Employee referral program

Requirements:

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

• 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 (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) for test script generation, refactoring, and documentation
• Exposure to LLM-based test automation techniques (e.g., generating locators, test data, or assertions from requirements)