Senior / Lead Test Automation Engineer

Technologies we use

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

Our requirements

• 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
• Polish language proficiency

Optional

• 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 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.

Benefits

W Providencie możesz pracować w takich obszarach, jak:

• Administracja (Centrum Operacyjne w Katowicach)
• Analityka (business intelligence, hurtownia danych, ryzyko kredytowe)
• Finanse, księgowość, HR
• IT (service delivery, architecture, change&transformation, infrastructure, security )
• Komunikacja, corporate affairs
• Marketing, PR
• Obsługa klienta (call centre, windykacja)
• Prawo, bezpieczeństwo informacji
• Rozwój produktu, rozwój sprzedaży
• Sprzedaż
• Zarządzanie projektami

Tak pracujemy