QA Automation Engineer

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join a fast-moving startup product team. This role is ideal for someone who is highly hands-on, comfortable working in a lean environment, and confident building scalable test automation across modern web applications and cloud-based platforms.
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You will play a key role in improving product quality, release confidence, and engineering velocity. You will work closely with developers, product, and leadership to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle, with a strong focus on automation, regression control, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in .NET, Angular, and Azure DevOps, along with a practical understanding of how to build quality processes that work in a startup environment where speed and discipline must coexist.

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• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for web applications, APIs, and platform workflows
  
• Develop and execute automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites
  
• Work closely with .NET and Angular engineers to embed quality early in the development lifecycle
  
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine acceptance criteria and define test coverage for new features
  
• Integrate automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
  
• Improve release confidence by introducing quality gates, test reporting, and defect prevention practices
  
• Support root cause analysis for production issues and recurring defects
  
• Drive improvements in QA standards, test data management, test environments, and release readiness
  
• Balance automation with targeted manual exploratory testing where needed
  
• Help create a culture of quality across a small, cross-functional startup team
  

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• 8+ years of experience in QA engineering, with significant hands-on automation experience
  
• Strong experience testing applications built with .NET back ends and Angular front ends
  
• Strong experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks
  
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps, including test planning, work item tracking, and CI/CD pipeline integration
  
• Experience testing REST APIs, web applications, and cloud-hosted solutions
  
• Experience in a startup or scale-up environment, where teams are lean and individuals take broad ownership
  
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, defect management, and release processes
  
• Experience working closely with developers, product owners, and stakeholders in agile delivery environments
  
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
  

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• Test automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or equivalent
  
• API testing tools such as Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent
  
• Experience writing automated tests in C# / .NET
  
• Experience validating Angular UI behaviour and front-end workflows
  
• Azure DevOps pipelines, boards, test plans, and release workflows
  
• Familiarity with performance, security, or load-testing approaches is beneficial
  
• Understanding of cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure
  
• Experience testing SaaS or multi-tenant platforms
  
• Experience in billing, onboarding, workflow, or data-heavy xcfaprz applications
  
• Experience improving QA maturity in a growing engineering team
  
• Exposure to observability, monitoring, and production quality metrics
  
• Familiarity with test strategy in environments with limited legacy automation coverage
  

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• Automated regression coverage increases significantly across critical product workflows
  
• Release quality improves, with fewer defects escaping into production
  
• Test automation becomes a reliable part of the Azure DevOps delivery pipeline
  
• Engineering teams gain faster feedback and more confidence in releases
  
• Quality becomes embedded in the development process rather than dependent on late-stage checking
  

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• Hands-on and proactive
  
• Comfortable in a fast-changing startup environment
  
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused
  
• Detail-oriented without losing sight of business priorities
  
• Strong collaborator who can challenge constructively
  
• Able to work independently and take ownership