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It delivers web, API and platform projects for US and global clients.\n\nAbout the role\n\nHands-on: you own the automation framework and keep coding.\n\nWhat you'll do\n\nDesign, build and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, API and backend testing\n\nWrite and run automated functional, regression, integration and end-to-end suites\n\nAutomate API tests (Postman, REST Assured) and validate backend data with SQL\n\nPlug test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) for continuous testing\n\nAnalyse failures, raise defects and work with developers to close them\n\nMentor QA engineers and set automation standards and quality metrics\n\nWhat you need\n\n5+ years in software QA or test automation (8+ for Test Lead roles)\n\nStrong hands-on Selenium WebDriver with Java and Playwright\n\nSolid OOP and coding in Java, TypeScript, Python or C#\n\nAPI testing with Postman and/or REST Assured; good grasp of REST and microservices\n\nStrong SQL for data and integrity checks\n\nGit/GitHub, and experience in Agile/Scrum teams\n\nNice to have\n\nTestNG, Cypress or Appium; AI-assisted testing (Copilot, Claude)\n\nDocker-based test execution; Kubernetes, AWS\n\nISTQB or similar certification\n\nE-commerce or subscription systems\n\nWhat's on offer\n\nCompetitive salary\n\nGlobal clients and modern QA tooling\n\nDay-shift roles and some US-aligned shift roles (e.g. 1–10 PM or 5 PM–2 AM). 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