SeniorTestAutomationEngineer

## Description This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer based in Netherlands. This is a senior QA automation role focused on driving a true automation-first engineering culture within a highly impactful, globally distributed organization. You will play a key role in transforming manual testing workflows into scalable, automated test coverage across web applications and APIs. The environment is already supported by a mature automation framework, enabling you to contribute immediately and focus on expanding coverage, improving reliability, and accelerating delivery speed. You will work across the full testing lifecycle—from understanding user stories to designing manual test cases and converting them into robust automated scripts. The role places strong emphasis on GraphQL API testing, Playwright-based UI automation, and CI/CD integration to ensure fast, reliable feedback loops. This is a hands-on, technically deep position in a mission-driven organization solving real-world infrastructure challenges at global scale. ## Accountabilities Own the end-to-end testing lifecycle by analyzing user stories, designing structured manual test cases, and translating them into scalable automated test suites. Expand, maintain, and improve the existing Playwright and TypeScript automation framework, ensuring stability, readability, and efficiency of test coverage. Convert existing manual test backlogs into automated regression tests, significantly increasing automation coverage across the product. Design and execute automated tests for GraphQL APIs, ensuring schema accuracy, data consistency, and system reliability across services. Perform detailed manual testing of web applications to validate functionality, UI/UX behavior, and edge cases prior to automation. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) to ensure fast and reliable feedb