Senior QA Automation Engineer

Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts (Playwright focus) to ensure the quality and reliability of complex business applications; define and execute testing strategies across the full QA lifecycle including analysis, design, execution, defect management, regression, and release support; perform manual testing by deriving test scenarios from requirements; investigate, troubleshoot, and follow up on defects with root-cause analysis using logs and monitoring tools; analyze application logs (Elastic, DataDog) to identify issues in QA and production environments; collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and support teams to validate features and resolve issues; handle support tickets, reproduce issues, and follow them through to resolution; contribute to release and patch planning, including impact assessment and validation of fixes; maintain and optimize regression test suites with a risk-based approach; mentor junior QA engineers and continuously improve QA processes and ways of working;