Responsibilities
Drive the automation strategy and framework roadmap, and be responsible for the framework architecture and technical standards (design patterns, structure, reusable infrastructure)
Define the automation approach across testing layers: API, service-level, UI, and end-to-end, including mocking and sandbox strategies for third-party payment providers
Own automation quality itself: test stability, flakiness reduction, execution time, and suite reliability
Define and report quality metrics: coverage, pass rate, flakiness, and execution trends
Integrate and evolve automation in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) for fast, reliable feedback on every change
Represent testability in design and architecture reviews and surface risks early (shift-left)
Partner with developers, product, and manual QA to decide what gets automated, at which layer, and what does not
Evaluate and introduce new tools and approaches, including AI-assisted testing workflows
7+ years of hands-on experience in test automation, including 2+ years in a technical leadership or architecture-owning role – Must
Deep expertise in Playwright and TypeScript – Must
Proven experience designing an automation framework from the ground up or leading a major re-architecture – Must
Experience automating complex multi-tenant or highly configurable platforms, including test design for per-tenant configuration and data isolation
Strong API-level testing experience, including mocking/stubbing of external services
Lead incorporation of agentic capabilities and work method
Practical experience owning CI/CD automation integration (GitHub Actions or Jenkins)
Mentor the automation engineers and raise the technical bar of the team: own code review standards for the automation codebase, run reviews, and grow depth through pairing and direct feedback
Excellent analytical and debugging skills, with a track record of driving down flakiness and improving suite reliability
Strong communication skills; able to align engineers, QA, and product around a technical direction
Experience automating tests related to payments, checkout, or fintech systems (3DS, PSPs, APMs, webhooks, idempotency) – An Advantages
