Senior Quality Assurance Volunteer – Automation

Senior Quality Assurance Volunteer – Automation

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At Skilled Up Life, we help anyone gain more experiences and skills that could further their career. At the same time, we help bootstrapped tech startups to survive and thrive through our Volunteers. Skilled Up Life’s global community now includes over 47,500 Volunteers from 136 countries and we have helped over 135 tech startups worldwide.

We are seeking a Senior QA Automation Tester who loves building things from the ground up. While we do have some automation in place already, you will design, architect, and implement the automation foundation for our new platform. You will own the technical direction of automation, choose the right tools, and create reliable test suites that support stable, high‑quality releases. You’ll collaborate closely with the QA sub-team leader, developers and product managers, and if you enjoy mentoring, there will be opportunities – but your primary focus is building the automation system that the team will rely on.

• Design and build the automation framework for our new platform.
• Make key decisions on tooling, architecture, and testing strategy.
• Develop automated tests for core user journeys (signup, login, profiles, messaging, applications).
• Convert manual test cases into clean, maintainable automated scripts.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions).
• Troubleshoot test failures and collaborate with developers for fast resolution.
• Improve test speed, reliability, and structure as the platform evolves.
• (Optional) Share knowledge and best practices with junior testers.

• Strong experience with automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, etc.).
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.).
• Able to design test architecture and structure from scratch.
• Enjoys solving technical problems independently and owning outcomes.
• Comfortable collaborating with developers and product teams.
• Detail‑oriented, reliable, and fluent in English.

• Full ownership of automation architecture — rare in early‑career roles.
• Real experience building automation for a live, growing tech product.
• Close collaboration with global developers and product managers.
• A strong automation portfolio demonstrating design decisions, scripts, and frameworks.
• The chance to mentor others if that’s part of your growth path.

• Provide a testimonial against your profile on Skilled Up Life.
• Provide a testimonial on Linked In when requested.
• Let you add Skilled Up to your Linked In profile under Experiences.
• Provide a Letter of Recommendation, which takes into account activities you have completed.

Disclaimer This is a voluntary position, i.e. there is no direct financial compensation, a promise of future paid work or any taxable benefit in kind.