[Hiring] Sr. QA Automation Engineer @Monks

Role Description

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you’ll lead QA automation initiatives across web, mobile, and API platforms, driving the design and optimization of scalable test frameworks, shaping quality strategy, and mentoring team members to deliver high-quality software in fast-paced Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of scalable automated test frameworks and test suites for web and API platforms
• Define and own test strategies, acceptance criteria, and quality standards across projects
• Mentor and guide QA team members, promoting knowledge sharing and testing best practices
• Architect and implement CI/CD integrations for automated tests to support continuous testing pipelines
• Analyze system specifications and create detailed test plans, risk assessments, and quality recommendations
• Review manual and automated test cases to identify automation opportunities and process improvements
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, Product Owners, and stakeholders to align testing efforts with business goals
• Drive automation initiatives within Agile ceremonies, influencing sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives
• Establish quality metrics, KPIs, and automated reporting dashboards to monitor testing effectiveness
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant work experience in QA, with strong leadership in test automation
• Proven expertise with automation frameworks - Playwright is Must
• Strong experience in web automation testing, API testing, and manual testing
• Advanced programming skills in TypeScript, Python, or similar languages
• Experience designing and integrating automated tests within CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar tools
• Hands-on experience testing CMS-driven applications, with deep validation of data and page components
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and best practices for quality engineering in Agile environments
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring abilities
• Nice to have: experience with AEM, Drupal, WordPress, performance testing, security testing, Docker, cloud platforms such as AWS/GCP/Azure, or ISTQB certification

Company Description

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world.

• Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time.
• By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.
• Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24).
• Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories.
• As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024).
• Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.