QA Automation Engineer (Mid–Senior)

We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer (Mid–Senior) to become the first QA hire in our team and help establish strong quality foundations across a complex, multi-platform product ecosystem.
Our platform includes:
• Internal tools and admin panels
• Automation workflows and background processes
• E-commerce websites
• Mobile applications built with Flutter (iOS & Android)
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys building QA practices pragmatically, introducing automation progressively, and focusing on platform stability and critical business flows rather than over-engineering.
What You’ll Do:
Quality Ownership & Foundations
• Take ownership of quality assurance across web, internal tools, and mobile applications.
• Help define QA processes, tooling, and documentation as the first QA engineer.
• Decide pragmatically what should be automated vs manually tested based on risk and ROI.
Automation Testing (Core Focus)
• Design, implement, and maintain automated tests for critical business flows, including:
• Payments and checkout
• Lead generation flows
• Order fulfillment and post-purchase flows
• Build and maintain:
• Regression test suites
• Smoke tests for releases
• Gradually expand automation coverage for both web and mobile platforms.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines over time.
Manual & Exploratory Testing
• Perform manual and exploratory testing where automation is not yet sufficient.
• Validate edge cases, complex workflows, and integrations with third-party services and APIs.
• Support pre-release validation and user acceptance testing when needed.
Cross-Platform & Cross-Device Testing
• Ensure consistent behavior across:
• Browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge)
Devices (desktop, tablet, mobile)
• Mobile platforms (iOS & Android)
• Contribute to defining a realistic device and environment coverage strategy.
Collaboration
• Work closely with Product Management and Engineering teams to identify risks early.
• Review requirements and user flows to spot gaps, edge cases, and quality risks.
• Communicate clearly about test coverage, risks, and release readiness.
What We’re Looking For:
Required Experience
• Mid–senior experience in QA testing, with hands-on automation experience.
• Strong experience testing web applications.
• Experience testing mobile applications (Flutter experience is a strong plus, not a requirement).
• Experience with at least one test automation framework, such as: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium.
• Solid understanding of: HTTP / REST APIs, JSON, Client–server architecture.
• Comfortable working in environments where QA processes are still being built.
• Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams in an agile environment.
Technical Stack & Tooling
• Automation language and tooling are flexible; we are open to candidates who can help select appropriate tools based on our needs.
• Experience contributing to or integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Familiarity with Git and version control workflows.
Personal Traits & Mindset
• Strong ownership mindset — you care about product quality and stability.
• Pragmatic and outcome-oriented — you focus on what brings the most value.
• Comfortable with complexity — multiple platforms and systems don’t overwhelm you.
• Clear communicator — able to explain issues and risks clearly to non-QA stakeholders.
• Curious and adaptable — willing to learn and evolve tooling, especially around mobile QA.
• Languages: Russian + English in full working capacity (B2 min).
Nice to Have (Not Mandatory)
• Experience in ecommerce or transactional platforms.
• Experience being an early or first QA hire in a team.
• Experience testing payment systems or financial workflows.
• Experience with Flutter-specific testing tools.
Why This Role
• Real ownership and impact as the first QA engineer.
• Opportunity to shape QA practices from the ground up.
• Close collaboration with product and engineering teams.
• Focus on meaningful automation, not checkbox testing.
• Stable scope with room to grow technically over time.