Lead Test Automation Engineer

Fixed Term Employment | Geek Soft Consulting | Netherlands

Posted On 24.02.2026

Technology

Work Experience 8+ years

State/Province Noord-Holland

City Amsterdam

1011

• Help design, build and continuously improve the clients online platform.
• Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices/standards.
• Take responsibility for the resiliency and availability of different products.
• Be a productive member of the team.

• 5+ years of experience in test automation, preferably in international and distributed Agile environments.
• 1+ year of experience leading QA teams or QA Communities.
• The Test Automation Engineer will be part of a Scrum team responsible for developing next-generation eCommerce services.
• Detail-oriented professional with strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience in planning, designing, and executing comprehensive test strategies.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to understand application features and architecture, create effective test cases, and ensure all system components are thoroughly tested before production release.
• Play a key role in leading the QA community by sharing knowledge, mentoring team members, and promoting automation best practices.
• Provide leadership and guidance to the cross-team QA Community.
• Support QA engineers in communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist in workload planning, task allocation, and priority management.
• Define, track, and maintain test coverage and quality KPIs.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Prepare detailed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts.
• Reduce manual regression testing through effective automation strategies.
• Enhance existing automation frameworks by implementing industry best practices.
• Perform manual and exploratory testing where automation coverage is limited.
• Review user stories and test cases to ensure completeness and quality.
• Participate in automation code reviews to improve quality and share knowledge.
• Contribute to the QA Community of Practice by sharing standards, principles, and best practices.
• Strong experience working in Agile methodologies such as Scrum, XP, and Dev Ops environments.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing.
• Proficiency in automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Cucumber, and Java.
• Experience in API testing and/or frontend testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Git, Jenkins, Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with BDD frameworks and Gherkin syntax.
• Solid understanding of manual testing principles and software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A challenging, innovating environment.
• Opportunities for learning where needed.