Senior Test Automation Engineer

As a recruitment company, DCG understands that every business is powered by experienced professionals. Our management style and partnership approach enable us to meet your needs and provide continuous support. Due to our ongoing growth and the large number of recruitment projects we undertake for our partners, we are currently looking for:

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automated tests for APIs, integration processes, and data flows

• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks

• Create regression tests and integrate them with CI/CD pipelines

• Support the implementation of the Automation First approach

• Cooperate with developers, analysts, Product Owners, and other teams

• Support automation of new features and existing products

• Analyze test results and prepare test evidence

• Use AI and GitHub Copilot to improve test automation efficiency

• Participate in defining and evolving the automation strategy

• Architect scalable and maintainable test automation frameworks

• Support quality-related activities across the team

• Mentor less experienced team members in test automation practices

Requirements:

• Proven experience of 6+ years in automated software testing within complex enterprise environments

• Strong understanding of QA methodology, including test planning, test design, test execution, defect management, regression testing, and continuous quality improvement

• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts and frameworks

• Strong proficiency in Java 17+, object-oriented programming, Clean Code principles, and POJO-based design patterns

• Practical experience with RESTAssured, JUnit 5, and Lombok for API test automation

• Solid knowledge of REST architecture, HTTP methods, status codes, JSON/XML payloads, and SOAP/WSDL contracts

• Strong experience in REST and SOAP API testing, integration testing, backend services, and data distribution processes

• Hands-on experience with test reporting tools, particularly Allure

• Good experience in SQL and database testing, including data validation and backend process verification

• Practical experience in testing integration solutions, asynchronous flows, Kafka-based integrations, data pipelines, and event-driven architecture

• Experience with qTest and Jira for test management and defect tracking

• Strong Git skills, including branching strategies, pull request workflows, code reviews, and conflict resolution

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution using Jenkins and/or Bamboo

• Good understanding of Agile ways of working and Scrum ceremonies

• Excellent English communication skills

• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

• Proactive mindset and willingness to contribute to an Automation First approach

• Experience in preparing test evidence, automation reporting, and test coverage documentation

• Ability to mentor and support less experienced team members

• Experience with AI-assisted testing and GitHub Copilot usage in test automation

Offer:

• Private medical care

• Co-financing for the sports card

• Constant support of dedicated consultant

• Employee referral program