Test Automation Architect

At Paystone we believe quality is engineered not inspected. Were looking for a Test Automation Architect to define and scale the frameworks infrastructure and practices that enable every squad to ship with confidence.

This is a senior hands-on engineering role for someone with deep technical expertise (8 years) who can architect systems code frameworks and mentor engineers across teams. Youll set the technical direction for how Paystone tests at scale while staying close to the code.

Reporting to: VP Engineering
Department: Engineering

What Youll Be Doing

Test Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Architect and implement test automation frameworks tools and libraries in TypeScript/JavaScript (Jest Playwright etc.) used across engineering squads.
• Define the overall test strategy and architecture (unit integration E2E performance) to ensure reliability scalability and speed.
• Review system designs and production code with an eye for testability observability and maintainability.
• Debug product and automation code diving into APIs logs and distributed systems.

Quality Engineering & Tooling

• Embed test automation and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions GitLab CI etc.).
• Drive optimization of test performance coverage and reliability; eliminate flaky tests.
• Introduce new tools and approaches (contract testing mutation testing visual regression etc.) when they meaningfully improve product quality.

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Partner with product and engineering leaders to ensure testability is designed in from day one.
• Mentor engineers at all levels: pair programming workshops and setting best practices for test automation.
• Act as a technical authority on test automation and quality engineering across the organization.

Planning & Delivery

• Scope and prioritize automation initiatives that balance developer velocity with product risk.
• Provide visibility into test coverage release readiness and quality metrics for stakeholders.
• Ensure environments and data are reproducible version-controlled and aligned with production.

What Were Looking For

• 8 years of software engineering and test automation experience in SaaS or distributed systems.
• Proven track record architecting and scaling test automation frameworks in production environments.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Jest Playwright (or similar frameworks) and strong TypeScript/JavaScript coding skills.
• Experience integrating automated testing into cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong grasp of advanced testing strategies: TDD BDD contract testing performance accessibility.
• Solid engineering fundamentals: debugging distributed systems reasoning about complexity and performance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable influencing technical direction across teams.
• Passion for mentorship and building a culture of engineering excellence.
  

As our Test Automation Architect youll combine hands-on coding with strategic technical leadership shaping how Paystone engineers build test and deliver high-quality software at scale.

Lets raise the bar on reliability together.