Automation QA Architect

Region: EMEA

Country: Poland, Croatia, and Portugal

Type: Fully remote

What's the Project?

Newfire Global Partners is a leading technology firm that specializes in building transformative software solutions for some of the world’s most innovative companies. With a presence across four continents, Newfire Global brings deep expertise in digital healthcare, AI-driven analytics, and enterprise technology. The firm’s track record of delivering scalable, high-impact solutions has made it a trusted partner for organizations seeking to drive meaningful change through technology.

We are passionate about the purpose-driven mission to help improve the quality of care for patients and are building a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture. We are a fully funded company founded by serial entrepreneurs with a stable client base.

Our client is a large US-based company from the healthcare market. We are starting a multi-phase project focusing on replacement of the clinical and data platform, replacing the current system. The work will be concentrated on delivering a flexible and configurable workflow solution. You will work in a mid-size team (20-40 people), predominantly based in Central Europe, with a client in the United States. This will be an exciting, greenfield project in a highly demanding but also rewarding environment of modern healthcare, based on cloud architectures, in data-driven and AI-enhanced environment.

You will serve as the Automation QA Architect, responsible for defining, architecting, and implementing the end-to-end automation strategy. This hands-on leadership role begins at the project's inception, requiring you to build the entire AQA framework from the ground up. You will work closely and iteratively with Front-End, Back-End, UX/UI, and Data Engineering teams throughout the specification, development, and delivery life cycles. The initial phase involves the design and implementation of a robust, scalable, and maintainable automation framework tailored to the application's architecture. As feature development matures, you will integrate and mentor manual Quality Assurance engineers, transitioning the team into a mature, automation-first QA function and ensuring a smooth progression from manual to automated testing coverage.

You’re a perfect match if you have:

Strong knowledge of testing frameworks and methodologies, including BDD and TDD
Minimum of 5 years of experience in automated testing
Minimum of 5 years of experience using TypeScript/JavaScript testing frameworks
Experience in creating and maintaining automated test suites
Experience with Playwright
Ability to understand and create test plans from requirements
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Ability to implement a mature test automation suite without much guidance
Experience working in Agile environment and ability to perform own work without much guidance
Proactive and delivery oriented mind set
As a Senior team member, you will be expected to actively participate in our hiring processes by serving on interview panels for future roles across the company

Please note that employment will be contingent upon providing documentation verifying your legal work authorization in the country of residence, in accordance with applicable law.

Nice to have:

Knowledge of front-end technologies such as React
Solid experience with relational and non-relational databases
Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices
Experience in the US healthcare industry
Experience with UM, Prior Auth, drug formularies, member eligibility

Your day-to-day activities:

Lead AQA efforts on the project
Developing and executing automated tests to ensure the quality of the application
Collaborating closely with the development team to ensure that the application meets business and user needs
Creating and maintaining test automation frameworks
Developing and maintaining test plans and test cases
Participating in code reviews and ensuring that the codebase meets quality and performance standards

Ready to dive in?

Nataliia Hoin
Recruiter

Europe/Kiev

nataliia.hoin@newfireglobal.com

Hiring Process

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Stage 2

Shortlist

Stage 3

Interview

Stage 4

Review

Stage 5

Client Interview

Stage 6

Verbal offer

Stage 7

Offer Letter

Stage 8

Background Check

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