Senior Automation QA Engineer (Python)

Role Overview: We are looking for a Senior -level Automation QA Engineer to join our team in Poland. The role will primarily focus on API testing (80%) with UI testing (20%). You will help design, enhance, and maintain automation frameworks, ensuring efficient and scalable testing. Key Responsibilities: Automation Framework & Strategy Contribute to designing and improving automation testing strategies . Develop and maintain automation frameworks for API, UI, and LLM validation. Ensure scalability, maintainability, and reusability of automation code. Test Development & Execution API Testing: Develop automated API tests in Python using the Requests library. UI Testing: Create and maintain UI tests with Playwright . Integrate automated tests with Postman collections where applicable. Execute performance, regression, and functional tests. Continuous Integration & Deployment Integrate automation tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred). Work with Docker and Kubernetes to manage and scale test environments. Collaboration & Documentation Collaborate with developers, QA, and DevOps teams to improve the QA process. Write test plans, strategies, and design documents . Track issues using Jira and manage test cases (Xray optional). Analyze logs, investigate failures, and troubleshoot in staging and production . Required Qualifications & Experience: Must-Have: 3-5 years of experience in test automation or a related QA role. Strong programming skills in Python . Solid experience in API automation (Requests library) and UI automation (Playwright). Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins preferred). Experience with Docker & Kubernetes for test environments. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills. Experience with Jira for tracking and reporting. Ability to work independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment. Nice to Have: Experience with Kafka . Familiarity with Xray for test management. Knowledge of AWS cloud services .