Quality Assurance Engineer

🚀 Quality Engineer (QA Automation & Manual) | Cypress, JavaScript & Postman | Media Portal Migration

🌍 Remote (Poland-based) | 📄 B2B Contract |

We are looking for a hands-on, proactive Quality Engineer (Test Automation Specialist) to join our client, a global consulting leader, driving the architecture and modernization of a core enterprise portal for a major European Media company. In this role, you will take technical ownership of quality assurance across both frontend and API layers, modernize automation suites, and help architect a unified testing framework from the ground up to replace outdated legacy architectures.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Taking end-to-end ownership of both manual and automated testing , with a strong focus on scaling test automation coverage across the platform.
• Maintaining and expanding existing frontend test suites built in Cypress (JavaScript) across modern React user interfaces.
• Designing, automating, and maintaining API testing suites using Postman and Newman within active CI/CD pipelines.
• Architecting a unified UI and API automation framework from scratch to streamline regressions and eliminate test fragmentation.
• Operating effectively in an environment with minimal formal legacy documentation - deriving test cases and acceptance criteria directly from codebase analysis and Jira descriptions.
• Presenting, advocating for, and justifying test automation architectures and technical choices to engineering and product stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven commercial track record (3+ years for Medior / 5+ years for Senior) delivering balanced manual and automated testing in Agile environments.
• Strong hands-on experience building or scaling JavaScript-based test automation frameworks (Cypress or Playwright).
• Solid understanding of API testing, contract verification, and pipeline automation using Postman and Newman.
• Familiarity with modern web architectures: React frontend ecosystems, Java backends, and cloud microservices (AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, Azure).
• Consultant mindset: excellent analytical skills, clear presentation capabilities, and the confidence to guide engineering teams on test strategy and best practices.

Must-Haves:

• 3+ years of commercial experience in UI Automation (Cypress or Playwright) and API Automation (Postman / Newman).
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and familiarity with Java backend code.
• Demonstrated experience designing or improving test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Very good English communication skills for daily cross-functional collaboration.

Location & Working Setup:

• 100% Remote working model (Candidates must be tax resident and based in Poland)

If you are an automation engineer who thrives on owning quality engineering, designing robust frameworks, and solving architectural challenges in greenfield and modernization settings, apply today or reach out directly to connect!