Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

What youll do 

Reporting to the QA Manager were looking for a Senior QA Engineer to assist in leading our quality engineering efforts while acting as a hands-on technical QA Engineer for our manual and automation team. This role combines people and process leadership with deep hands-on automation expertise across API web and desktop applications. Youll set the technical direction for test automation mentor other QA engineers and champion the use of AI-assisted tools to accelerate test design maintenance and coverage.

• Provide both manual and QA automation and assist in mentoring a team of QA engineers providing technical guidance and code reviews
• Set automation standards frameworks and best practices across the QA function
• Plan and prioritize QA work in partnership with engineering and product leadership
• Assist QA Manager to provide test strategy for new features and major releases including risk assessment and coverage planning
• Report on quality metrics automation coverage and release readiness to stakeholders
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex quality and testing issues
• Design build and maintain automated test suites for API web UI and Windows desktop applications
• Develop and extend API test automation frameworks using Java and REST Assured
• Write automation scripts and tooling in Python to support test execution data setup and reporting
• Evaluate integrate and apply AI automation tools to improve test generation maintenance and self-healing capabilities
• Use Claude AI to accelerate automation development including generating test cases refactoring test code analyzing failures and creating test documentation
• Build and maintain CI/CD test pipelines within Azure DevOps including test plans pipelines and release gates
• Perform manual and exploratory testing where automation coverage is still developing
• Triage test failures distinguish flaky tests from genuine defects and drive root-cause analysis 

Qualifications :

About you 

• Youre a self-starter. You hit the ground running every single day - not because someone is pushing you but because you genuinely love the thrill of the job. You set your sights on what needs to be done and go after it with purpose and conviction.  

• Youre driven. Goals arent just targets to you they are commitments. When theres a finish line you find a way to get there.  

• Youre a creative problem solver. Challenges dont slow you down - they sharpen you. When you hit a roadblock you get curious look at things from a different angle and find paths forward that others might not have considered.  

• Youre a communicator. You know how to make ideas land. Whether youre crafting an email commanding a call or building a deck that tells a story - you communicate with clarity confidence and intention. 

What youll bring 

• Bachelors degree preferred or relevant work experience

• 8 years of QA engineering experience including 2 years in a lead or senior QA role
•  Strong hands-on experience with Java and REST Assured for API test automation
• Experience using Claude AI (or similar LLM tools) to support automation development and testing workflows
• Working proficiency in Python for scripting and tooling
• Practical experience using AI-assisted or AI-driven automation tools in a testing context
• Solid experience with API testing and automation (functional contract performance considerations)
• Experience testing Windows desktop applications (UI automation frameworks such as WinAppDriver Appium or similar)
• Experience with Web UI test automation (e.g. Selenium Playwright or similar)
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Test Plans Pipelines Boards Repos)
• Strong understanding of test strategy risk-based testing and quality metrics
•  Excellent communication skills and experience mentoring or leading other QA engineers 

Additional Information :

We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We adapted to remote working with ease and are continually looking at ways to improve. Were proud of our inclusive supportive culture and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves. 

In addition to your annual leave Nearmap offers: 

• 4 extra YOU days off each yeartake a break no questions asked! 

• Company-sponsored volunteering days to give back. 

• Generous parental leave policies for growing families. 

• Work from Overseas Policy - explore the world in the approved list of cities while you work! 

• Discounted Private Health Insurance plans. 

• A Nearmap subscription (naturally!). 

Why youll love working at Nearmap:

We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We adapted to remote working with ease and are continually looking at ways to improve. Were proud of our inclusive supportive culture and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.

In addition to your annual leave Nearmap offers:

• 4 extra YOU days off each yeartake a break no questions asked!
• Company-sponsored volunteering days to give back.
• Generous parental leave policies for growing families.
• Work from Overseas Policy - explore the world in the approved list of cities while you work!
• Discounted Private Health Insurance plans.
• A Nearmap subscription (naturally!).

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time