Quality UI Automation Engineer

The Company

RightShip is the maritime industrys leading safety and risk intelligence platform. We exist to advance the vision of a Zero Harm maritime industry by enabling better safety decisions across the ecosystem.

By combining trusted standards AI-native technology rich maritime data and industry expertise RightShip transforms complex safety and operational risk into intelligence our customers can act on with confidence.

More than 1000 organisations worldwide rely on RightShip to strengthen safety improve resilience simplify compliance and raise standards across global shipping. As RightShip evolves into a scalable intelligence platform we continue to connect the global supply chain around a shared ambition: safer people safer vessels and a safer more sustainable industry.

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What we offer

We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organization who are constantly working to ensure ships are safe as possible so that crew and cargo are are passionate about maritime efficiency safety and sustainability practices.

We offer generous base salary is competitive we support employee wellbeing and provide our employees with a Healthy Living Allowance and our annual incentive scheme is have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way and we are committed to professional development to make sure your career keeps growing while youre working with us.

What makes RightShip a great place to work at:

RightShip is an equal opportunity employer and we champion diversity. Our teams are composed of individuals from different geographies cultures religions ethnicities races genders sexual orientations abilities and generations. We believe that a diversity of experiences makes us strongeras individuals as communities and as an organization.

Dont meet every single requirement of this role Still apply!Research tells usthat that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At RightShip we believe that the right hire is someone who makes an addition to our culture rather than someone who fits in and conforms to our status quo. We want to add team memberswho not only valueRightShipstandards and workplace culturebut also bring an aspect of diversity that positively contributestoour work environment. If you are excited about this role or about our company in general we would love to hear from you!

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer who will also take on the Scrum Master role for their squad. This dual-role position helps scale the quality and stability of our digital platforms through advanced UI test automation while also driving delivery flow transparency and continuous improvement across the sprint cycle.

As a QA Automation Engineer you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining automated UI test scripts using Playwright driven by existing TestRail test cases. You will work closely with QA engineering and product teams during sprints to expand automation coverage and improve test reliability.

During regression and UAT periods you will contribute to manual testing efforts ensuring our releases meet both functional and business expectations.

As Scrum Master you will facilitate Scrum ceremonies remove impediments coach the team on Agile practices and coordinate release management activities ensuring the squad delivers predictably and continuously improves.

Youll also explore AI-assisted testing strategies to speed up development and identify opportunities for intelligent test optimization.

Responsibilities

QA Automation & Testing

• Develop and maintain UI test automation scripts using Playwright in TypeScript/JavaScript aligned with TestRail cases.
• Integrate and manage test scripts within GitHub repositories following version control best practices.
• Design and maintain CI-integrated test pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions) to detect UI regressions early.
• Work with QA product and engineering teams to prioritize test automation coverage during sprints.
• Support manual regression and UAT testing during release weeks to ensure stability and confidence.
• Continuously identify and fill test coverage gaps in both automated and manual areas.
• Analyze and troubleshoot UI test failures and collaborate with developers to drive resolution.
• Stay current with testing tools trends and best practices in automation and QA.
• Contribute to load testing the platform.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate script generation and improve test case authoring.

Scrum Master Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies backlog refinement sprint planning daily scrum sprint review and retrospectives keeping them purposeful and timeboxed.
• Maintain transparency of the backlog sprint goal and Definition of Done and drive empiricism through inspection and adaptation of Scrum events and metrics.
• Identify and remove impediments quickly escalating cross-team blockers where needed.
• Coach the Product Owner and Developers to self-manage collaborate effectively and continuously improve.
• Coordinate release management activities including version tracking release documentation and regression/UAT sign-off in partnership with QA and DevOps.
• Manage sprint and release administration in Jira (sprint creation and closure sub-tasks release versions dashboards).
• Drive actionable outcomes from retrospectives tracking improvement items with clear owners and follow-through.

Shared / Cross-Cutting

• Participate fully in sprint ceremonies: grooming planning retrospectives and daily standups.
• Work with QA product and engineering teams across multiple geographies to align priorities and delivery.
• Balance hands-on automation/testing work with Scrum Master facilitation duties across the sprint cycle.

Qualifications Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 4 years working in a similar QA/automation role.
• Strong experience with Playwright or comparable UI automation tools (e.g. Selenium Cypress).
• Hands-on experience with TestRail or other test case management tools.
• Solid understanding of test methodologies (unit regression integration E2E).
• Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript or a strong willingness to upskill.
• Familiarity with web technologies: HTML CSS and DOM/browser behavior.
• Solid experience using Git working collaboratively in shared codebases (e.g. GitHub).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and test integration workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions Jenkins).
• Prior experience as a Scrum Master or strong working knowledge of Scrum/Agile ceremonies and practices is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with Jira administration for sprint and release management (sprints versions dashboards).
• Experience working in Agile teams (Scrum).
• Excellent knowledge of automation testing processes and methodologies.
• Adept at working with cross-functional groups across multiple geographies.
• Ability to deliver results with minimal supervision and to balance competing priorities between hands-on QA work and Scrum Master facilitation.
• Outstanding analytical problem-solving communication and facilitation skills.
• Good communication and written skills in English.

RightShip is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity enables access and promotes inclusion in our workplace. You must have the right to live and work in this locationto apply for this job.