About us:
Amach is an industry-leading technology driven company with headquarters located in Dublin and remote teams in UK and Europe.
Our blended teams of local and nearshore talent are optimised to deliver high quality and collaborative solutions.
Established in 2013, we specialise in cloud migration and development, digital transformation including agile software development, DevOps, automation, data and machine learning…
As a Test Architect, you will play a pivotal role in defining, spearheading and executing the test automation strategy for our customer. Your role includes creating uniform standards for automation frameworks and helping our onshore and offshore automation teams work more skillfully. You will also seek ways to integrate automation efforts and make sure various product teams collaborate well. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our customer's test automation, working with cutting-edge technologies and helping to build a high-performing, scalable and future-proof automation ecosystem.
Required Skills:
- 8+ years of experience in test automation, with at least 3+ years in a management or architecture role
- Experience with setting up large-scale automation systems.
- Robust expertise in automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, RestAssured, or similar
- Deep knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, with experience integrating test automation into CI/CD
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, or similar)
- Experience working with cloud-based test execution platforms
- Robust knowledge of API testing, performance testing, and test data management strategies
- Awareness with BDD/TDD methodologies and tools such as Cucumber or SpecFlow
- Solid management, mentoring, and coaching abilities for onshore and offshore teams
- Impressive stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels
- A results-oriented mindset with a focus on short-term deliverables and long-term transformation
Key responsibilities & duties include:
Automation Strategy & Leadership
- Define and execute a comprehensive automation strategy that aligns with our customer’s product-centric delivery model
- Lead the development and standardisation of scalable, reusable automation frameworks
- Establish best practices for automation across multiple teams, ensuring consistency in tooling, methodologies, and reporting
- Provide technical management, mentoring, and guidance to automation engineers across onshore and offshore teams
- Collaborate with DevOps to integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to enable faster, more reliable releases
Test Automation Execution & Framework Development
- Develop and maintain robust, scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and performance testing
- Ensure automation is optimised for test reliability, execution pace and maintainability
- Drive adoption of automation in testing processes, reducing reliance on manual regression efforts
- Oversee test data management strategies and ensure automation supports parallel execution for scalability
- Continuously evaluate emerging tools and technologies to enhance the automation ecosystem
Collaboration & Centralisation Efforts
- Work with QA management to explore and establish an offshore centralised automation hub while ensuring alignment with current onshore and offshore teams
- Partner with product, engineering, and DevOps teams to ensure automation is embedded in the software development lifecycle
- Provide input into hiring, training, and developing automation engineers to build a high-performing team
- Champion automation metrics, reporting on test coverage, defect trends, and execution performance
Governance & Best Practices
- Define automation KPIs and drive reporting standards for visibility across teams
- Ensure alignment of automation strategies with regulatory and compliance requirements
- Standardise test execution strategies across different products and teams
- Advocate for shift-left testing practices and ensure automation is leveraged early in the development lifecycle
Desirable Skills:
- Experience in transitioning teams from Zephyr to alternative test management tools such as Xray or TestRail
- Knowledge of AI-driven testing solutions and automation in a microservices architecture
- Awareness of performance engineering and security testing best practice
What’s in it for you:
- An opportunity to join a fast-growing company
- Options for career advancement
- Learning and development opportunities
- Flexible working environment
- Competitive salaries based on experience
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Amach is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This job description is intended to convey essential responsibilities and qualifications for this role, but it is not an exhaustive list of tasks that an employee may be required to perform.
If you are passionate about driving customer success, advising on strategic solutions, and contributing to product innovation, we would love to hear from you!
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At Amach, we strive to be an inclusive community of open-minded individuals with different backgrounds and we are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strongly believe that a diversity of experience and background is essential to create a fulfilling environment and better solutions for our people and our customers. All Amach employees and contractors are expected to honour this policy and act to ensure that every individual is respected in the workplace.
Your personal data
Amach will process your personal information in accordance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will comply with data protection law and principles, which means that your data will be:
- Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way
- Collected only for valid purposes and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
- Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes
- Accurate and kept up to date
- Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about
- Kept securely
If you would like to contact us about your data, please use the following address: [email protected]
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Amach Dublin, Dublin, IRL Office
14 Clanwilliam Court, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, D02 FK23
