Senior QA Automation Engineer (Remote)
Remotestar Team · Remote · Cambourne · United Kingdom · Remote
Posted Jul 27, 2026
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Position Summary As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks and quality assurance strategies across our web, mobile (Android/iOS), and API-based applications. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of our products by driving automation initiatives, improving test coverage, and embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. In this role, you will design and implement automated test solutions, perform debugging and root cause analysis, and define corrective and preventive actions based on customer requirements and business needs. You will be responsible for building and enhancing automation frameworks, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, establishing QA best practices. Responsibility includes the below but not limited to – Own the end-to-end testing lifecycle and take responsibility for the quality of products delivered to customers. Design, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, and test cases based on business, functional, and technical requirements. Analyze business workflows and complex domain requirements, translating them into effective test strategies and coverage plans. Identify test requirements from business and functional specifications, map requirements to test cases, and develop integration, system, regression, and end-to-end test coverage. Lead defect management activities including defect identification, logging, root cause analysis (RCA), bug triage, severity assessment, defect classification, and release sign-off recommendations.
Validate complex business logic, calculations, and mathematical operations to ensure data accuracy and functional correctness. Perform data validation and reconciliation testing using SQL queries, database analysis, Excel, VLOOKUPs, and other analytical tools.
Develop and execute data tie-out testing strategies to validate consistency between source systems, databases, reports, and downstream applications. Test and validate RESTful APIs, ensuring data integrity and service reliability. Create, optimize, and execute complex SQL queries for backend validation, data verification, and troubleshooting. Design and implement automated test frameworks and automated regression suites for web applications, APIs, and integration workflows. Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and faster release cycles. Continuously identify opportunities to improve testing processes, increase automation coverage, reduce manual effort, and enhance overall product quality.
Requirements, Desired Skills & Qualifications 7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance with strong expertise in both manual and automation testing. Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks for web, mobile, API, and enterprise software applications. Strong understanding of Software…