QA Automation Engineer

In May 2023 Reward Gateway was acquired by Edenred. Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments for people at work, connecting 52 million users and 2 million partner merchants in 45 countries via close to 1 million corporate clients. With our shared missions of ‘Making the World a Better Place to Work” and ‘Enriching connections, For good’, you’ll be contributing to improving employee engagement and building better, stronger and more resilient organizations to improve people’s daily lives. Our shared mission guides our every action and charts a sustainable path to a better future. Position Overview: We are seeking a skilled Test Automation Engineer with a strong focus on front-end automation testing to join our Quality Engineering team for the SmartPay platform. In this hands-on role, you will design, develop, and execute automated tests for web and API applications, driving quality and reliability. Experience with performance and back-end testing is a valuable asset. You will collaborate with developers, DevOps, and product teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines and shift testing left. Some of Your Responsibilities & Core Duties will include: Test Automation & Framework Ownership • Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web and API testing. • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with quality gates and reporting. • Build test suites across DevOps stages to ensure rapid feedback and continuous quality. • Own and run existing JMeter scripts; maintain and expand coverage over time. • Collaborate with the team to shift performance testing earlier in the lifecycle. Collaboration & Mentorship • Align automation strategy with wider quality objectives, working with the team. • Partner with engineers to embed testing early in the SDLC. • Collaborate on coding standards, test design, and automation best practices. The Experience and Key Skills you will have: Essential technical skills • Hands-on experience in UI automation (Cypress, or similar). • Comprehensive grasp of OOP concepts and design patterns. • Proficiency in programming languages (JavaScript or TypeScript or Python or similar). • Experience with API testing (Postman or Bruno or similar) and SQL for data validation. • Background in Agile and DevOps environments, with CI/CD and version control systems (Git). • Hands on experience using containerization platforms (Docker). • Familiarity with cloud (AWS) environments. • Exposure to performance testing tools (JMeter or similar). • History of working with TCMS (BrowserStack products). Collaboration & Problem-Solving & Communication • Strong communication skills, able to work across engineering and product teams. • Analytical mindset with attention to detail. • Technically confident, with a passion for continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. Nice to Have (but not essential) • Willingness to learn and lead performance testing practices as they evolve. • Working knowledge of non-functional quality: accessibility basics (WCAG), performance basics and security/privacy awareness in test data. • Contract testing with Pact (or similar). • Familiarity with AI/LLM tools for QA - using agents/models to generate/maintain tests and other activities. REWARD GATEWAY Be comfortable. Be you. At Reward Gateway, we want all of our employees to feel comfortable bringing their passion, creativity, and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, as we truly believe that diversity drives innovation. Express yourself, join our community and help us Make the World a Better Place to Work. We hire BETTER. From perks to people, our BETTER approach to hiring earns us more trust, happier people, and more world-class talent that helps us to make the world a better place to work. Find out more about Reward Gateway's approach to benefits, equality, talent, technology, empathy, and what you’ll get in return for joining our Mission at rg.co/lifeatrg .