Lead Automation Engineer
Capital on Tap3 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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About Capital on Tap
Capital on Tap provides an all-in-one business credit card and expense management platform for small businesses, offering funding, employee card controls, and cashback rewards. It earns revenue through card usage and lending, and serves companies in the UK and US via a self-serve online application with instant decisions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, it reports more than 200,000 small business customers and over £20 billion in card spend.