[Hiring] Senior Test Architect @Poppulo

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Test Architect to lead the design and evolution of our quality engineering and test automation strategy across our SaaS Employee Experience platform. You will act as a technical leader in test architecture, driving automation-first practices, improving system quality at scale, and enabling teams to deliver reliable, high-performing software.

This role operates across multiple engineering teams, defining and standardising testing strategies, frameworks, and tooling. You will work closely with engineers, architects, and DevOps to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle, with a strong focus on automation, CI/CD integration, and scalable test solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium), strong programming skills (Java, TypeScript, or similar), and hands-on experience with distributed systems, cloud environments (AWS), and modern engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall test architecture and automation strategy across multiple teams and services.
• Design, build, and evolve scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, and modern testing libraries.
• Establish best practices for automated testing across all layers (unit, integration, API, UI, performance, and end-to-end).
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed testing into the development lifecycle, ensuring high test coverage and fast feedback cycles.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and reliable deployments.
• Partner with Architects and Engineering Leads to ensure test strategies align with system architecture, including microservices and monolithic applications.
• Define and implement strategies for testing distributed systems, including event-driven and asynchronous architectures.
• Leverage AWS services and cloud-native patterns to support scalable and efficient test execution.
• Drive improvements in test reliability, execution time, and maintainability.
• Establish observability and reporting standards for test results, quality metrics, and release readiness.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and QE professionals on automation best practices.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and approaches to improve quality engineering capabilities.
• Ensure testing approaches align with security, compliance, and data protection requirements (e.g., GDPR, PII handling).
• Identify quality risks, gaps, and areas of technical debt, and drive remediation strategies.
• Promote a culture of quality ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, or test automation, with significant experience in an architectural or leadership role.
• Strong programming skills in Java, TypeScript, Python or similar languages used for building automation frameworks.
• Deep experience with modern test automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Robot Framework or similar.
• Strong understanding of performance testing with tools such as locust, k6, Jmeter.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks across multiple teams or products.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing into build and deployment workflows.
• Hands-on experience testing distributed systems, including microservices and monolithic architectures.
• Experience working with AWS and cloud-native environments.
• Strong knowledge of API testing, UI testing, performance testing, and test data management strategies.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with event-driven systems and messaging platforms (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of observability practices (metrics, logging, tracing) as they relate to testing and quality.
• Experience with security and compliance considerations in testing (GDPR, PII, etc.).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across teams.
• Passion for automation, quality engineering, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Dynamic environment with driven, fun, and flexible individuals who thrive on challenge and responsibility.
• Opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move.

Company Description

We are a values-driven organisation that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients, and culture. Named a Great Place to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, we are a fast-growing global technology company, with offices in Ireland, the US, the UK, and India.

Poppulo is an equal opportunity employer.