Senior QA Automation Engineer

About the role

Watu Credit is looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to lead the design, development and maintenance of automated test frameworks. You will shape the test automation strategy and work closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality software.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable Playwright‑based automated test frameworks.
• Lead test automation strategy, ensuring alignment with QA and development goals.
• Conduct functional, regression and integration testing across application modules.
• Validate UI consistency, accessibility and user experience standards.
• Analyze backend processes, validate SQL data integrity and troubleshoot data issues.
• Manage testing environments with Docker Compose and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Test REST and GraphQL APIs for performance, reliability and compliance.
• Document test plans, cases and coverage reports; mentor junior QA engineers.

Required profile

• 5+ years of automated testing experience with TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Expert‑level SQL skills and ability to design complex validation scripts.
• Strong OOP knowledge applied to test automation architecture.
• Proficient with Git branching strategies and collaborative development.
• Upper‑intermediate English communication skills.

Required skills

• Playwright
• TypeScript / JavaScript
• SQL
• Docker Compose
• CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• REST and GraphQL API testing
• Prisma (ORM)
• Git
• Selenium (optional)
• Java (basic knowledge)