Senior QA Engineer

Role Summary

We are looking for a local hands-on Senior QA Engineer who can independently analyse requirements, prepare test strategies and estimates, perform manual and automated testing, and guide other QA team members.

The ideal candidate should have strong analytical and communication skills and experience testing web, mobile and Windows desktop applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Review requirements, acceptance criteria, technical specifications and pull-request descriptions.
• Identify requirement gaps, dependencies, risks and testing blockers.
• Prepare QA strategies, test plans, test cases and effort estimates.
• Perform functional, negative, integration, end-to-end and regression testing.
• Test web, mobile, API and Windows desktop applications.
• Prepare and validate complex test data across different users, roles, statuses and workflows.
• Investigate failures using APIs, logs, browser tools and database queries.
• Report and track defects with clear evidence, business impact and reproduction steps.
• Review test cases and ensure complete acceptance-criteria coverage.
• Communicate quality risks and testing progress to developers, project managers and clients.
• Mentor QA engineers and help improve the team’s testing practices.
• Provide evidence-based QA sign-off and release recommendations.
• Develop and maintain automated tests for stable and repeatable regression scenarios.

Required Skills

• Strong experience in functional and regression testing
• Requirement analysis and test-scenario design
• Integration and end-to-end testing
• Web and mobile application testing
• API testing using Postman or similar tools
• Basic SQL and database validation
• Log analysis and technical troubleshooting
• Test management using Azure DevOps, Jira or TestRail
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum and the software-development lifecycle
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to mentor and support other QA engineers
• Very good English working proficiency

Automation Skills

The candidate should have practical experience with:

• Robot Framework
• Python
• Playwright
• Appium
• Selenium or another UI-automation tool
• API automation
• Git and pull-request workflows
• CI/CD integration for automated tests

The candidate should be able to:

• Identify suitable scenarios for automation
• Develop reusable and maintainable automation components
• Review and improve existing automated tests
• Investigate failed automation runs
• Reduce flaky tests
• Organize automated regression suites
• Support execution through CI/CD pipelines

Preferred Experience

• 6 or more years of software QA experience
• Experience owning medium or large features independently
• Experience preparing QA estimates and strategies
• Experience testing Windows desktop applications
• Basic performance-testing knowledge
• Experience working with international clients or distributed teams

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who:

• Thinks critically and does not test only the happy path
• Takes ownership without waiting for continuous instructions
• Communicates clearly and diplomatically
• Gives and receives constructive feedback professionally
• Pays close attention to requirements, data and evidence
• Raises concerns respectfully when something appears incorrect
• Supports junior team members
• Remains calm and practical when requirements or environments are unclear

Recommended hiring focus

The ideal balance should be:

• Manual and analytical QA: 50%
• Automation using Robot Framework, Python and Playwright: 25%
• Technical investigation—API, SQL and logs: 15%
• Mentoring and stakeholder communication: 10%

Join our dynamic team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality products that delight our customers. Apply now and embark on a rewarding career with great salary and comprehensive benefits.