Lead Automation Engineer
Capital on Tap2 months ago
Porto, PortugalStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define and own the comprehensive testing strategy for a mission team’s domain in partnership with the QA Team Lead.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated API, UI, and mobile tests as the primary automation contributor.
- Work with Product Owners and Developers from refinement onward to embed quality through a shift-left approach.
- Manage automation targets and use MTTD, MTTR, and defect escape data to identify high-risk areas.
- Drive adoption of central automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, and reliable fail-fast deployment workflows.
- Collaborate with the Tooling Team on custom helpers and test-data generators.
- Coordinate testing across microservices, security, and performance, including OWASP ZAP testing.
- Coach developers and junior QA engineers on automation practices and test design patterns.
- Use Claude and GitHub Copilot for architecture exploration, incident investigation, and test generation.
- Define test-data and environment strategies and apply component, service virtualization, and contract testing.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in QA Automation or SDET roles with demonstrated quality leadership within an Agile team.
- Strong proficiency in C# or JavaScript/TypeScript for automation.
- Experience testing complex financial systems such as card issuing, transaction processing, or credit risk.
- Hands-on experience with UI automation tools including Playwright or Cypress.
- Experience with REST Assured or other API testing frameworks.
- Familiarity with Azure, Git, and integrating automated tests into deployment workflows.
- Ability to influence without formal authority and encourage developers and Product Owners to prioritize automation and quality.
- Applicants are encouraged to apply even if they do not have every listed skill.
Benefits
- €65,000–€75,000 annual salary.
- Hybrid work in Porto Matosinhos with two days in the office.
- Private healthcare through AdvanceCare.
- Anniversary rewards of €280, €570, €860, and a four-week fully paid sabbatical.
- Paid car parking.
- 36 days of holiday inclusive of public holidays, with weekend public holidays carried over.
- Annual learning and wellbeing budget.
- Six free therapy sessions per year.
- Free drinks and snacks in the offices.
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