Senior QA Automation Engineer

Altamira is a software development outsourcing company. We provide solutions that make a tangible impact on our client’s growth and productivity. With domain knowledge across product and technology development, we aim to provide cost-efficient solutions without compromising quality. We are driven to deliver the best, every single time.

Altamira service delivery teams currently span Slovakia, Ukraine, and the Middle East, and we have ambitions to expand our footprint to meet the growing demand across Europe and into our primary growth markets in the UK and the US. In terms of industry verticals, we are focused on EdTech, Fintech, eCommerce, and Pharma.

We are looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to build and maintain a scalable automated testing framework for a UK-based service used by local authorities (virtual schools). The platform receives daily attendance and attainment updates of vulnerable or looked-after children and supports the creation and monitoring of personal education plans designed with social workers and designated teachers.

The role involves creating a full automated regression pack from scratch (manual test cases are already prepared), maintaining the automation suite, and designing E2E scenarios based on real user actions.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Core JavaScript (ES6+), including modern syntax (destructuring, modules, arrow functions) and a deep understanding of asynchronous patterns — async/await, Promises, error propagation, and the event loop.

• Solid hands-on experience with Playwright:

• Default use of semantic locators (getByRole, getByLabel, getByText) instead of fragile CSS/XPath selectors

• Strong understanding of fixtures (built-in and custom)

• Ability to configure projects for multi-browser and parallel execution

• Proven experience designing and maintaining a scalable Page Object Model (POM) architecture, including base page classes, reusable component objects, and clear separation of test logic from page interactions.

• Experience writing reliable end-to-end tests that mirror real user journeys and cover critical business flows, not just isolated page checks.

• Ability to integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins), including environment management, containerized runners, and parallel execution.

• Confident use of Playwright debugging and observability tools, including Trace Viewer and Playwright Inspector. Experience configuring reporting (HTML and/or Allure).

Nice to Have

• Experience with integrated API testing using Playwright’s request context for backend validation, test data seeding, and combining UI + API assertions within one flow.

• Advanced CI/CD practices such as test sharding, retry strategies, flaky-test management, and secrets handling.

• Ability to configure and customize Allure reporting for both engineering teams and stakeholders.

• Experience managing multi-environment configurations (dev, staging, production) with dynamic base URLs and feature flags.

• Familiarity with integrating performance and accessibility checks (Lighthouse, axe-core) into Playwright tests.

• Experience writing test suites in TypeScript for better type safety and maintainability.

Our transparent recruitment journey usually takes up to 2 weeks and includes a few stages:

• Recruiting Interview -> 30-45 min

• Technical Interview -> 1-1,5h

• Client Interview (optional) -> up to 1h

• Pre-Offer Call -> 15min

• Reference Check

• Offer

We offer:

• Competitive salary, room for development and growth.

• Possibility to work in the Bratislava and Kyiv offices or fully remotely.

• Loyal management, interesting tasks, constant support.

• Medical insurance (optional).

• English courses.

• Technical equipment providing.

• Paid vacations 20 workdays, paid sick leave, regular salary reviews;

• Flexible schedule and ability to manage your working hours;

• Support your personal growth and skills upgrading.

• The great environment inside the team, support of initiatives, and ability to contribute to the common goal.

We do believe that the success of altamira.ai is impossible without the success of our Talents and the success of our Clients!