QA Engineer – Test Automation

IBM Software is dedicated to creating AI-powered, cloud-native software that helps organizations manage and execute strategy at scale. The role is within IBM's product and technology landscape including Research, Software, and Infrastructure, focusing on the Targetprocess Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) product.

• Experience defining and owning a pragmatic test strategy for a development team, including test coverage goals, regression scope, release criteria, and risk-based testing.
• Comfortable combining exploratory/manual testing with automation and evolving coverage over time based on risk, value, and product maturity.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining end-to-end functional and regression automation for modern web applications using contemporary test frameworks.
• Solid understanding of testing across a modern stack (React UI + TypeScript /.NET services), including test design, stable test data, and environment dependencies.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI pipelines (GitHub), working with version control, and treating test code with the same care as production code.
• Experience using tools such as TestRail to manage test scenarios, track execution, and communicate quality status clearly.
• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams and advocate for quality through clear communication and shared ownership.
• Interest and experience in experimenting with new testing tools, frameworks, or techniques, and evolving the test approach as the product and organization grow.
• Familiarity with testing in Kubernetes-based environments and understanding how infrastructure affects test reliability and execution.
• Experience working on enterprise-grade or SaaS products where stability, backward compatibility, and user experience are critical.

• Own and continuously evolve the test strategy within the team, including scope, coverage goals, regression approach, risk-based prioritization, and release readiness, aligned with the overall product quality strategy.
• Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end automated tests covering critical user flows and regression scenarios across a React frontend and TypeScript /.NET backend.
• Apply a hybrid QA approach, combining exploratory/manual testing with automation, making informed decisions about what to automate and when.
• Build and maintain reliable, readable, and maintainable automation using modern web testing frameworks (currently Cypress and Playwright).
• Integrate automated tests into GitHub-based CI pipelines, ensuring fast feedback, clear reporting, and actionable diagnostics for failures.
• Track test scenarios, execution status, and quality signals using TestRail to support transparency and release decision-making.
• Collaborate with the team on acceptance criteria, definition of done, and testability concerns to raise the overall quality bar.
• Work effectively with containerized environments, understanding how deployments, environments, and test stability interact.