Senior Automation QA Engineer

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Automation QA Engineer to join our team full-time in Romania.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, become a part of the Product Engine team. This bespoke, cloud-native system manages the entire credit lifecycle. Built on a modern tech stack and cloud infrastructure, it supports hundreds of thousands of active credit card customers and is being expanded to replace legacy systems for instalment loans across multiple markets.

This project is with a global Financial Services Provider that focuses on providing responsible credit to underbanked customers in international markets. The current strategy centers on consolidating technology delivery to a single partner to drive efficiency and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as an automated tester using one or more industry standard automation test tools
• Develop test automation architecture and implement UI and API automation frameworks from scratch
• Evaluate existing automation solutions and drive improvements within Agile product teams
• Manage CI/CD pipelines, including automated builds, unit testing, and environment parameterised deployments with managed release lifecycles
• Collaborate closely with architects, developers, and analysts to build a quality assurance community
• Mentor team members and influence technical direction without direct authority

Requirements:

• Competent proficiency in Appium & webdriver IO (Typescript), Postman, newman, and yaml
• Competent proficiency in Azure DevOps, AWS, and Docker
• Solid programming skills in Java, JavaScript, Python, .Net, or C#
• Competent ability to use PowerShell scripting, command-line, and Regular Expressions (Regex)
• Competent understanding of SCRUM software development processes and Agile methodologies
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and consultative skills with a high attention to detail

Desirable:

• Novice interest in AI-supported testing and innovation

What’s in it for you?

• Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
• Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
• Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
• Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies
• Enjoy radical flexibility – work remotely or from an office, your choice
• Care: Medical subscription to Regina Maria, meal tickets of 16 ron net/day worked

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

In Romania, we welcome top-tier tech talent — whether from our Bucharest office or fully remotely. Tap into deep industry knowledge, grow your career, and make an impact in an empowering environment.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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