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Senior Automation Engineer

🇨🇴 Colombia

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Senior Automation Engineer

from 🇨🇴 Colombia

We are searching for aSenior Automation Engineerto become part of our team.

In this position, you will steer the automation testing strategy and mentor a group of engineers toward producing high-quality outcomes. You will play a pivotal role in shaping testing approaches and ensuring smooth alignment with modern development workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Set the overall test strategy across all automation activities
  • Configure tools and prepare the setup needed to support automation initiatives
  • Expand the existing Katalon Studio framework to broaden its capabilities
  • Author detailed test cases covering critical functional areas and scenarios
  • Suggest efficient solutions to testing challenges and process improvements
  • Run test cases and track their results across execution cycles
  • Produce user-friendly test reports to provide stakeholders with clear visibility
  • Connect Katalon automation reports with Polarion to enable centralized tracking
  • Validate custom keywords used inside automation frameworks
  • Deploy the setup required for smooth automation operations
  • Define clear test processes that the team follows in a consistent manner
  • Outline roles and responsibilities within the automation team
  • Educate team members on automation frameworks and recommended best practices
  • Guide and support the team throughout the entire development lifecycle
  • Enable the handover of automation work and knowledge to the wider team

Requirements

  • No less than 3 years of hands-on professional experience in automation engineering
  • Background in automation testing integrated with DevOps pipelines
  • Applied implementation of automation using Katalon Studio and Appium
  • Practical involvement in unit testing and UX testing activities
  • Working understanding of TDD and BDD frameworks for structured test creation
  • Experience operating within fast-paced Agile environments
  • Broad knowledge of Katalon, Bitbucket, GitLab, TeamCity, and Source Tree
  • Demonstrated ability to plan and coordinate test automation efforts
  • Skill in shaping and communicating the test strategy to the automation team
  • Capability to ensure the team consistently adheres to standard automation processes
  • Confident English communication at B2 level or higher, in both written and spoken forms

Nice to Have

  • Applied experience with CI/CD pipelines for automating build, test, and deployment cycles
  • Awareness of Atlassian Jira for tracking test activities and defects
  • Practical exposure to GUI testing across various platforms and applications
  • Working knowledge of Postman for API testing and validation
  • Background in web service and API test automation activities
by @maxrusakovic