Contract QA Automation Engineer

Position: Contract QA Engineer

Location: Remote (EU-based, GMT timezone)

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: B2B Contract

About YLD:

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.

We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

Technical competencies:

• Proven experience as an Automation Tester or similar role;

• Experience in project management and QA methodology;

• Familiarity with Agile frameworks and regression testing is a plus;

• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors;

• Proven experience with tools/languages such as Jest, NodeJS, Selenium WebDriver and Cypress.io.

Non-Technical competencies:

• Problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs;

• Excellent English communication skills;

• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude;

• Strong organisational skills;

• Comfortable working in a dynamic production environment and taking care of client expectations effectively;

• Distinct customer focus and quality mindset;

• An exemplar of YLD’s brand and safeguarder of our reputation;

• Good communication skills (both verbal and written).

Your day-to-day responsibilities will look like this:

• Developing an automation framework using NodeJS (ExpressJS);

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts using Cypress.io with (TS/JS);

• Working with playwright (Codeceptjs/Pupeteer) to test features, including heavy use of mocking techniques for HTTP and WebSocket protocols;

• Working with Selenium WebDriver to write automation tests for testing 3rd parties APIs and services from APigee;

• Using WebDriver to write automation tests;

• Working with Jenkins as a CI/CD tool to run tests and suites for different environments like QA/Dev/Stage;

• Write unit tests using Jest;

• Collaborate with developers to identify and resolve bugs;

• Strong experience working on Agile methodology;

• Using Jira as a task management tool and Zephyr to manage test cases;

• Using Testomat.io for reporting/auditing automated test results.

What you’ll get in return:

• The chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:

• 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)

• Technical Interview with our Senior Engineers (1h30)

• Meet our Client Partner and Engineering Operations Manager (30 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

• Growing every day

• Including everyone

• Relationships built on honesty and ethics

• Inspiring solutions

• Winning together

We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We also offer a remote-first working environment, with flexible working and work–life balance as standard for all employees.