Senior QA Engineer

About SoftCo

SoftCo is a fast growing global Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Accounts Payable (AP) Automation SaaS company and we are looking for motivated, dynamic and collaborative people to be part of our exciting journey. Our AI-powered Automation technology is transforming how companies manage their Procure-to-Pay processes, improving efficiency, reducing fraud and ensuring compliance.

With 34 years’ experience, SoftCo adopts a customer-centric approach and ranks highest in independent customer satisfaction surveys. We are proud that all our projects are successful, and that our market-leading technology makes a real difference to our customers and their organizations. We operate from offices in the US, Finland, UK, Kosovo and Ireland. We have over a million users worldwide including Volkswagen, Patagonia, Primark, Logitech and all 80 departments of the Finnish Government.

Senior QA Engineer  – Your role

We are looking for a proactive and self-organizing QA Automation Engineer to join our dynamic and agile development team. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality cloud-native solutions that are containerized and integrated into a FinOps, SecOps, and DevOps environment in AWS. You will work closely with a global team, focusing on mastering the business, product, and technical aspects of a well-defined market problem. As part of the QA team, you will contribute to the automation of testing processes, primarily using Playwright and Rest Assured, ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of our solutions.

Your responsibilities

• Test Automation: Design, implement, and maintain automation test scripts using Playwright and Rest Assured, ensuring comprehensive test coverage for cloud-native applications.
• Automation Framework Development: Contribute the development and maintenance of a robust automation framework. Analyse testing requirements across our product offerings and ensure the automation framework aligns with requirements
• Shift Left: Be an advocate for shifting quality left in the SDLC. Engage with other stakeholders to support our ‘Shift left’ initiative and ensure quality in the SDLC in the context of testing at all different levels (unit, component, integration, e2e, etc.)
• Agile Collaboration: Work within an agile development environment, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives. Actively collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and operations teams.
• Cloud Native Solutions: Test and validate applications that are containerized and deployed on AWS, ensuring they meet security (SecOps), operational (DevOps), and financial (FinOps) standards.
• Domain Mastery: Gain deep understanding of the assigned domain to ensure the QA process supports the overall business and technical goals of the team.
• Mentorship: Lead and monitor the design and implementation of automated test cases. Coach junior resources on QA automation best practices
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the improvement of test frameworks, tools, and processes to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the QA lifecycle.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure test cases and automation scripts account for the necessary security protocols, adhering to SecOps principles and AWS best practices.
• Proactive and Self-Organizing: Act independently to identify areas for improvement, seek out opportunities to enhance product quality, and drive solutions.

Your profile

Required Qualifications

Technical Expertise:

• Proven experience as a QA Automation Engineer or in a similar role, ideally in cloud-native environments.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment, with knowledge of scrum and other agile methodologies.
• Proficiency in automation testing tools, with a distinct advantage for Playwright experience.

DevOps / FinOps / SecOps Knowledge:

• Basic knowledge of DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code).
• Awareness of FinOps for cloud cost management, ensuring solutions are cost-efficient.
• Understanding of SecOps principles to ensure security and compliance in automation testing.

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of AWS and experience working with cloud-native applications deployed using containers (e.g., Docker).
• Familiarity with other automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, or similar is a plus.
• Experience working with international and distributed teams.
• Knowledge of AWS-native services like Lambda, EC2, RDS, S3.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and related testing strategies.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills, with an eye for detail and quality.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively in a distributed, international team.
• Proactive, self-organizing, and able to work autonomously.
• Eagerness to learn, adapt, and master new business domains, tools, and technologies.

What we can offer you

This is an opportunity to expand your knowledge, develop your career and work with state-of-the-art technology in a rapidly growing sector. We encourage our team to be ambitious and in SoftCo there is a culture of progression. We support your development by investing in training and partnering with leading learning platforms and providers. Uniquely, our structure means you work directly with the most senior leaders in the business, who see your potential.

A competitive remuneration package is on offer and our benefits package includes company paid health insurance, life assurance, pension, bonus package, long service incentive awards, and an employee referral scheme. If working for one of the most innovative technology companies is your thing, then look no further.

Applications

Please send your CV to careers@softco.com.

SoftCo values diversity and inclusion, believing different perspectives drive innovation. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Learn more at softco.com/about-us.