Senior QA Engineer (Automation), Lotus's (1 year contract)

About The RoleWe're looking for Senior QA Engineers to join our cross-functional product squads. You'll work side-by-side with developers and product owners in Agile sprints, ensuring that every release meets high standards of quality and stability. While the role is primarily manual QA, you must have coding skills to maintain and extend automated test cases within the squad-owned automation scope.ResponsibilitiesCollaborate closely with developers and product owners during sprint planning, grooming, and reviewsUnderstand business requirements and convert them into test scenariosDefine what to be executed by test automation and the remainings for manual testingPerform functional, regression, exploratory, and smoke testing on web and mobile productsAnalyze when non-functional testing is needed and also perform itMaintain and update automated UI, API, and mobile test scripts related to your squad's features Investigate bugs, report clear defect tickets, and verify fixes Support release validation and post-deployment checksRequirements5+ years of QA experience in Agile teams Solid understanding of QA methodologies and software testing principles Comfortable writing automated tests in JavaScript and TypeScript Familiarity with tools like Playwright, WebDriverIO, or K6 is a plus The experience of Shift-left testing approach is a big plus The comprehension on what automation-first is Strong analytical and communication skills A quality mindset and ownership attitude