Senior / Lead Test Automation Engineer
Job Overview
Location: Warsaw (hybrid / remote)
Industry: Financial Services / FinTech
We are looking for a Senior / Lead Test Automation Engineer who combines strong technical expertise with the ability to assess, guide, and elevate automation maturity across product teams. This role goes beyond writing tests—you will shape automation strategy, advise teams, and initiate sustainable automation practices at company level.
Your responsibilities
Assess automation maturity of product teams and identify improvement opportunities
Define and evolve the test automation strategy for the organization
Advise product teams on what, when, and how to automate
Initiate automation within teams by:
selecting tools and frameworks,
building initial automation foundations,
creating first automation scripts and patterns
Gradually hand over ownership of automation to team automation testers
Act as a quality and automation advisor, monitoring progress and ensuring consistency
Support UI, API, integration, and event-based automation initiatives
Promote best practices, standards, and reusability across teams
Collaborate with Test Managers, Developers, Architects, and Product Owners
Support CI/CD integration and scalable automation approaches
What we expect
Strong experience in test automation architecture and implementation
Hands-on expertise in UI and API automation (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, REST tools)
Solid programming skills (Java / JavaScript / TypeScript / Python)
Experience designing automation frameworks from scratch
Ability to evaluate existing automation solutions and improve them
Experience working with Agile product teams
Strong analytical skills and a consultative mindset
Ability to influence teams without direct authoritys
Excellent communication and mentoring skills
Nice to have:
Experience auditing or assessing QA / automation maturity
Background in financial or regulated environments
Knowledge of event-driven architectures
Cloud experience (AWS / Azure)
Interest in AI-supported testing and innovation
What we can offer:
A strategic role with real influence on company-wide quality
Opportunity to shape automation direction across multiple teams
Balance between hands-on work and advisory leadership
Collaboration with experienced engineers and managers
Space for experimentation, learning, and innovation
Competitive compensation and flexible working model
Supportive leadership that values expertise and autonomy
Stable employment – 93% of people are employed under an employment contract for an indefinite period.
Safety – we have been on the Polish market for 28 years.
Friendly work environment – we have received the Top Employer award 13 times in a row.
Hybrid work – we usually meet in the office twice a week (Dworzec Gdański metro station).
Extra 3 days of paid leave – if you use all your leave in a given calendar year.
Private medical care with appointment guarantee service (Medicover).
Full implementation under the supervision of a mentor, including a package of professional implementation training.
Access to the development platform, including e-learning training, podcasts and webinars.
Activities supporting development in the organization, e.g. the "Effective Manager" training series for people holding managerial positions.
Business telephone (also for private use).
Access to the ProviBenefity cafeteria platform, which is supplied with a monthly amount to be used, or subsidies for your Multisport card - you choose from 5 types of cards.
Life insurance (UNUM Życie TUiR S.A.) on preferential terms.
Christmas benefits and co-financing for the "Holidays under the pear tree" holiday for you and your children.
Psychological support for employees, including: care of a psychologist (including children's), psychotherapist, dietician, coaching.