Senior Test Automation Engineer in JavaScript

We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Automation Engineer with JavaScript to join our team.
The nature of the role requires real seniority, not just as a technical expert but also as a change agent, changing teams' ideas about how testing is an integral part of the delivery process and enabling them to take ownership.
This position offers hybrid setup with the flexibility to work from any location in Latvia, whether it's your home or our office in Riga.

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Responsibilities

• Design, develop, build and maintain test automation frameworks on multiple application platforms, such as Mobile, Desktop, API and Web, building test scenarios and acceptance tests
• Understand the flow of code and how it interacts with different components
• Understand project documents, customer demands, product objectives to create and execute test cases. Define QA processes and metrics for projects
• Investigate customer problems referred to you by the technical support team, testing bugs, and creating and managing bug reports
• Handle technical communications and understanding the customers' systems
• Work with deployments teams, resolving level issues for systems, coordinating on product design, and offering inputs on the testability of functional elements and product designs
• Analyze and disintegrate software systems and coordinate with other teams to enhance the overall design
• Research test tools, methodologies, and trends and upgrading existing practices and processes
• Manage the final quality on production release

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience
• Excellent designing and programming in JavaScript/TypeScript, understanding and practice of creating clean and excellent quality program code
• Experience with WebdriverIO, Mocha, Protractor and Git
• Proficiency with Azure, Jenkins, TeamCity, CI/CD, non-functional testing
• Knowledge of programming languages and process management methodology
• Exposure to Behavior Driven Development and experience in programming and testing
• The ability to recognize risks and errors in an application
• Good time management and organizational skills
• The ability to keep up to date with the constantly changing technology industry
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate with client (B2 or above level of English)

Nice to have

• Mentoring experience
• Test management for Jira experience
• Knowledge of BDD (Gherkin)
• Familiarity with Axios / Supertest
• Experience with Splunk

We offer

• Engineering Heritage: Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years
• Advanced Tech Stack: Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies
• World-Class Clients: Work closely with 295+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact
• Professional Growth: Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices
• GenAI Community: Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys
• Entrepreneurial Culture: If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life
• Hybrid Setup: The flexibility to work from any location in Latvia, whether it's your home or our office in Riga
• Other Benefits: Additional vacation and trust days, private health insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and more

Salary range €3.2K-€4.3K gross, based on your experience and interview results.
About EPAM
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. For over 30 years, our team has helped leading brands navigate the waves of digital transformation, building solutions that help them stay competitive through constant market disruption.
With offices in 55+ countries, EPAM has grown in Latvia to over 150+ talented innovators in 3 years. We foster creativity and unconventional ways of doing things, welcoming like-minded professionals to join us.