Senior QA Automation Engineer

FreeBalance is a purpose-led global technology company empowering governments to achieve transparent, accountable, and effective public financial management through its proprietary FreeBalance Accountability Suite™, a comprehensive Government Resource Planning (GRP) solution designed exclusively for the public sector. With over 40 years of experience supporting governments worldwide, FreeBalance drives digital transformation across the entire budget cycle - from policy-based budgeting and accounting to human resource management, performance measurement, treasury, and revenue management - all within a scalable, unified platform that supports fiscal transparency, citizen engagement, and data-driven decision-making. As a Senior Manual QA Engineer, you will join a newly established Quality Assurance team responsible for ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and integrity of the FreeBalance Accountability Suite™ across its 20+ functional modules used by national governments worldwide. 

 

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer, you will serve as the technical lead for test automation at FreeBalance, responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining automated test suites across UI, API, and integration layers of the GRP platform. You will work closely with the QA Lead, Manual QA Engineers, and Development teams to translate manual test coverage into reliable, maintainable automation assets. This role requires deep hands-on expertise in Java-based automation with Playwright for UI testing and REST Assured for API validation. You will establish automation standards, define the framework architecture, integrate tests into Jenkins CI pipelines, and progressively expand automated coverage across 20+ GRP modules. The ideal candidate combines strong engineering discipline with a pragmatic approach to automation strategy - knowing when to automate, what to automate first, and how to build frameworks that remain maintainable as the product evolves. You thrive in environments where the automation practice does not yet exist and where foundational decisions have long-term impact. This role reports to the QA Lead and collaborates daily with Manual QA Engineers, Development team leads, and the DevOps/Infrastructure team