5+ years of QA, Test Automation, or Quality Engineering experience. ● 2+ years of experience building or maintaining automated tests. ● Experience testing modern web applications, APIs, integrations, and business workflows. ● Has established or significantly matured a QA/automation practice — testing standards, coverage strategy, tooling — not just operated inside one someone else built. ● Experience with tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Postman, or similar. ● Experience with Jira and Confluence in an Agile/Scrum environment. ● Experience creating regression, smoke, integration, and acceptance test coverage. ● Strong ability to translate requirements and acceptance criteria into clear test plans and automated validation. ● Familiarity with AI-assisted QA tools, test generation, self-healing tests, or low-code/no-code automation platforms. ● Ability to troubleshoot failed tests, isolate defects, identify flaky tests, and improve test reliability. ● Strong understanding of release readiness, defect lifecycle management, regression risk, and test coverage. ● Self-directed — can set the quality agenda and drive it without day-to-day direction — and communicates clearly with Product, Design, and Engineering