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As a QA Automation Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of the websites that power our auction platforms. In this role, you'll design, build, and maintain automated testing frameworks that validate critical user experiences across our online auctioning platform. Through a blend of hands-on test automation and team leadership, you'll contribute to positioning TBAuctions and its brands as leaders in the online auction industry.

You'll lead a team of three QA engineers while working closely with cross-functional teams across multiple locations, shaping our testing strategy and championing quality throughout the development lifecycle.

Test Automation & Development

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites using Cypress to validate auction browsing, real-time bidding, user dashboards, and payment flows

• Write clean, maintainable test code that integrates seamlessly with our Next.js applications

• Expand test coverage across responsive designs, ensuring quality across all devices

• Contribute to testing strategies for real-time features that power our live auction experiences

Quality Strategy & Process

• Define and implement testing standards, best practices, and automation patterns across the frontend platform

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, enabling fast feedback loops

• Establish quality metrics and reporting to provide visibility into application health and test coverage

• Collaborate with developers to implement shift-left testing practices and improve overall code quality

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor a team of three QA engineers, fostering growth and technical development

• Coordinate testing efforts across sprints, balancing automation development with release support

• Conduct code reviews for test automation and guide the team on best practices

• Champion a quality-first mindset across the wider development organisation

Collaboration & Improvement

• Partner with developers, product managers, and designers to understand requirements and identify testing needs early

• Collaborate with local and international teams to deliver high-quality, reliable releases

• Participate in architectural discussions, representing quality considerations in technical decisions

• Drive continuous improvement in testing tools, processes, and team capabilities

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Cypress with 5+ years in QA automation

• Solid understanding of React and Next.js applications from a testing perspective

• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)

• Familiarity with Azure cloud infrastructure and deployment patterns

• Understanding of frontend performance considerations and how they impact test design

• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools

Leadership Skills

• Proven experience leading or mentoring QA team members

• Ability to balance hands-on technical work with team coordination and strategic thinking

• Strong communication skills, able to articulate quality risks and testing status to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience defining testing processes and standards within an agile environment

Mindset & Soft Skills

• A self-starter who proactively identifies quality risks and testing opportunities

• A genuine team player who builds strong relationships across development and product teams

• A pragmatic, outcome-driven approach that balances thorough testing with delivery pace

• Naturally curious about new testing approaches and tools

• Generous with your knowledge and committed to helping colleagues succeed

Nice to Have

• Experience with other automation frameworks (Playwright, Selenium)

• Familiarity with API testing tools and approaches

• Experience testing real-time features (WebSockets)

• Understanding of performance and load testing methodologies

• Knowledge of accessibility testing and WCAG standards

• Experience with visual regression testing

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Sentry, Grafana)

• Independent and varied role within an entrepreneurial and innovative organization

• Competitive salary

• Good pension scheme

• Bonus scheme (up to 1 gross monthly salary per year)

• 25 vacation days

• Laptop and iPhone

• Training opportunities

• Working in a team of professionals, where hard work is well combined with humor

TBAuctions (TBA) is Europe's leading multi-brand digital auction platform for B2B used goods. We are powered by a diverse and international team of over 1,200 professionals across the Nordics, Benelux, UK and Continental Europe. Our belief that 'everything has value' drives us to innovate through technology, creating more effective and sustainable auction processes. Our culture is based on our core values, which guide every decision we make, from hiring to performance reviews, from day-to-day decisions to key business strategies. We put bidders and sellers first, we take responsibility, we deliver results and we succeed as a team - because we are better together!