Senior Quality Engineer – Test Automation, Transformation

8 West Consulting

. Own project quality by planning and executing functional, integration, regression and exploratory testing on assigned client projects .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeRemote • IrelandSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in automation testing, including the ability to code, debug, and maintain test suites across various technologies. Proficient in integrating testing processes into CI/CD pipelines while ensuring quality and stability under project delivery pressures.

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Automation TestingC#, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, JavaUI, API, Integration, Data TestingAzure DevOps, CI/CD PipelinesAI/LLM Tools for Test Case Generation

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Hard Skills

Automation TestingC#TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJavaUI TestingAPI TestingIntegration TestingRegression Testing

Soft Skills

CommunicationOrganizational SkillsProblem-SolvingCollaborationAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

PlaywrightSeleniumCypressPostmanSQL ServerAzureGitCI/CD PipelinesAI ToolsTest Automation Frameworks

Industry Keywords

Enterprise Application TestingTest Data ManagementQuality AssuranceDefect InvestigationTest Evidence Maintenance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCypressJavaJavaScriptPythonSeleniumSQLTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own project quality by planning and executing functional, integration, regression and exploratory testing on assigned client projects
Investigate defects and support releases
Prioritise high-value manual regression checks and implement stable, maintained automation
Write, debug and maintain UI, API, integration and data tests
Integrate checks into pipelines and resolve unreliable tests
Create realistic, repeatable test data for complex workflows and linked records
Automate test-data setup, isolation, reset and cleanup
Use AI tools to derive scenarios, generate and refine tests and data, inspect code changes and analyse failures
Validate AI results and protect sensitive information
Work with developers on testability, environments, regression coverage, reporting and traceability
Communicate quality risks, coverage, priorities, trade-offs and progress to developers, product owners, delivery managers and client stakeholders
Assess project practices, implement focused improvements, demonstrate results and share effective approaches
Maintain test evidence, access controls and safe handling of client information

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant hands-on contribution to moving manual testing towards automation within an established enterprise application, project or team, with evidence of results
Able to code, debug and maintain production test suites in C#, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Java or equivalent; no single language is mandatory
Experience across UI, API, integration, data and regression testing with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Postman or equivalent
Experience testing .NET, SQL Server and/or Azure applications, with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Git and related engineering practices
Ability to build deterministic, independent test data for complex relational and cross-system scenarios using APIs, SQL, builders or fixtures; understanding of integrity, masking, edge cases and reset
Experience using AI/LLM tools on real projects to generate and validate test cases and test data, and to support script development or failure analysis
Ability to integrate checks into pipelines, improve suite stability and reporting, and take responsibility for testing under project delivery pressure
Ability to assess current coverage, prioritise by risk, plan manageable increments and deliver measurable improvements within an assigned project
Ability to explain technical issues in plain English, work well with developers and delivery leads, and share knowledge
Practical, organised and comfortable owning testing work from start to finish
Ability to communicate in English
Current work location must be Ireland, EU outside of Ireland, UK, or outside of EU