Senior Test Architect

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 and Selenium.
• Establish best practices for automated testing across all layers, including unit, integration, API, UI, performance, and end-to-end.
• 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 microservices and monolithic architectures.
• 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.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and QE professionals on automation best practices.
• Identify quality risks, gaps, and areas of technical debt, and drive remediation strategies.

Requirements

• 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, or Python.
• Deep experience with modern test automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or Robot Framework.
• Strong understanding of performance testing with tools such as Locust, k6, or 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with event-driven systems and messaging platforms like Kafka, SNS, or SQS.
• Strong understanding of observability practices including metrics, logging, and tracing.
• Experience with security and compliance considerations in testing, such as GDPR and PII handling.

About the Company

Poppulo is a fast-growing global technology company and a pioneer in omnichannel employee communications, customer communications, and workplace experience platforms. Trusted by over 6,000 organisations, our platform reaches more than 35M employees worldwide. We are a values-driven organisation that empowers our employees to make a tangible impact on our products, clients, and culture.