Senior Automation Engineer

What’s it like to work at a company where people are the biggest value? With more than 3,000 employees on board, Intellias cherishes a human-to-human culture. Join us and enjoy working in a really caring and friendly environment!

What project we have for you

Our client is a top image and video-hosting platform with over 100 million users and 10 billion hosted images. Available on web, Android, and iOS, the platform offers core features such as automatic backups, flexible sharing, and seamless navigation.

The long-term objective is to create a competitive, user-centric product that supports monetization and enhances user engagement.

What you will do

Key Responsibilities:
The Senior Automation Engineer will be responsible for establishing and leading automation processes, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, and integrating automation into the development cycle.
Key tasks include:

• Leading automation initiatives across the team.
• Educating and engaging developers on automation best practices.
• Reducing manual testing while maintaining high-quality standards.

• Collaborate with team members to identify and prioritize testing needs and develop comprehensive testing strategies.
• Design Test Automation Frameworks and infrastructure from scratch.
• Develop and execute automated test scripts to validate software functionality and reliability.
• Analyze test results and provide regular test reports.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues that arise during testing.
• Promote the use of the Shift Left testing approach.
• Participate in continuous improvements, including platform tooling and processes, implementing best practices, and bringing on innovations.
• Mentor and train team members on testing best practices and techniques.

What you need for this

Required skills:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Quality Assurance and Test Automation.
• Thorough understanding of different testing methods, techniques, types, and methodologies, being able to choose the most appropriate approach for a given project.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in JavaScript and TypeScript (alternatively could be other languages), design patterns, and principles.
• Experience with test automation frameworks for UI test automation (Playwright, or similar).
• Experience with test automation tools and libraries for API test automation.
• Experience in using test runners.
• Experience in setting up and configuring test monitoring and reporting tools.
• Setup CI/CD pipelines for test runs, Git.

Will be a plus:

• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL.
• Experience with AWS/GCP services.
• Experience in Performance Analysis.
• Experience with other programming languages (Java, Python).
• Experience with React Native.

What it’s like to work at Intellias

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced automation engineer to make a significant impact. Our client is deeply committed to automation, yet previous attempts haven’t fully integrated into their development process. This role gives you the chance to build automation from the ground up, shaping it to your vision and promoting it across the entire tech team, with potential to expand into other areas like analytics and marketing.

You will have full flexibility to choose the tools and technologies you believe are best suited for the task. The client encourages experimentation with the latest innovations in automation and development. The platform’s complexity ensures continuous challenging tasks, with the ultimate achievement being the validation and stability of all features and services, allowing the team to progress with confidence and speed.

At Intellias, we are committed to being an equal opportunity employer, fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome and celebrate the differences of all qualified applicants. Join Intellias for a career where your unique perspectives are not only valued but crucial to our success.