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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Java QA Test Automation Engineer | Sênior based in Brazil.
This role offers senior-level ownership of test automation strategy, quality engineering, and automated testing architecture within a remote environment.
You will design and evolve robust automation frameworks while ensuring reliable coverage across frontend, backend, performance, and integration layers.
The position combines hands-on Java development with CI/CD, BDD, performance testing, data management, and quality governance.
You’ll help embed a Shift-Left quality culture by collaborating with Product, Design, and Engineering from the earliest stages of development.
The role also includes mentoring junior and mid-level QA professionals and raising technical standards across the team.
With a strong focus on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement, you’ll help ensure software quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Accountabilities
<ul>
<li>Lead the team's test automation strategy, defining technical standards, architecture, governance, and quality practices.</li>
<li>Design, structure, and continuously evolve modular, robust, scalable, and maintainable automation frameworks.</li>
<li>Automate functional and non-functional tests across frontend/UI and backend/API layers.</li>
<li>Integrate and maintain automated test suites within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions.</li>
<li>Promote and implement a Shift-Left testing approach by participating actively in refinement and solution design alongside Product, Design, and Engineering teams.</li>
<li>Develop BDD-based test scenarios using Cucumber and Gherkin as living documentation.</li>
<li>Execute and analyze performance and load tests using JMeter and/or K6, supporting the identification and investigation of bottlenecks.</li>
<li>Monitor and maintain the quality of automation code using static analysis tools such as SonarQube.</li>
<li>Manage test data across relational and non-relational databases, including MySQL and MongoDB.</li>
<li>Manage test cases and test plans with appropriate traceability through Jira and Xray.</li>
<li>Mentor and provide technical guidance to Junior and Mid-level QA professionals.</li>
<li>Communicate technical risks, quality issues, and the potential business impact of defects clearly to stakeholders and leadership.</li>
</ul>
Requirements
<ul>
<li>Solid hands-on experience in software test automation and quality engineering.</li>
<li>Strong proficiency in Java, including object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.</li>
<li>Extensive experience automating UI tests with Selenium WebDriver.</li>
<li>Extensive experience automating APIs with RestAssured.</li>
<li>Proven experience designing and building automation frameworks from the ground up.</li>
<li>Practical experience with BDD using Cucumber and Gherkin.</li>
<li>Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD environments using Jenkins or GitHub Actions.</li>
<li>Strong Git and version-control skills, with experience using platforms such as GitHub or GitLab.</li>
<li>Experience performing performance and load testing with JMeter or K6.</li>
<li>Knowledge of static code analysis and quality monitoring using SonarQube.</li>
<li>Experience working with MySQL and MongoDB to create, manage, and validate test data.</li>
<li>Familiarity with JSON and YAML manipulation and validation.</li>
<li>Experience with the Atlassian ecosystem, particularly Jira, Confluence, and Xray.</li>
<li>Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with attention to quality, reliability, and technical detail.</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.</li>
<li>Ability to mentor other QA professionals and provide clear technical guidance.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of software quality practices and the ability to communicate technical risks and defect impacts to leadership.</li>
<li>Ability to work effectively in a remote environment and collaborate with distributed teams.</li>
</ul>
Benefits
<ul>
<li>Fully remote work model in Brazil.</li>
<li>Full-time employment.</li>
<li>Opportunity to lead test automation strategy and influence quality engineering practices.</li>
<li>Hands-on work across Java, Selenium, RestAssured, Cucumber, CI/CD, performance testing, databases, and quality tooling.</li>
<li>Opportunity to design and evolve automation frameworks from the ground up.</li>
<li>Cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.</li>
<li>Opportunity to establish and promote Shift-Left testing practices.</li>
<li>Technical mentorship responsibilities and opportunities to support the development of other QA professionals.</li>
<li>Exposure to AI-driven technologies, automation, and modern software engineering practices.</li>
<li>Opportunities for technical and professional growth within a technology-focused environment.</li>
<li>Specific salary, healthcare, paid time off, and additional benefits were not specified in the source job description.</li>
</ul>
How Jobgether Works
We use an
AI-powered matching process
to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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Java QA Test Automation Engineer | Sênior

Java QA Test Automation Engineer | Sênior

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