Senior QA Automation Engineer - macOS Desktop
Summary
Senior QA Automation Engineer building and maintaining end-to-end automated tests for a macOS desktop application. Day-to-day work spans UI, integration, and API automation in JavaScript/TypeScript with CodeceptJS, Cucumber/Gherkin, and CI/CD integration, plus improving test stability via Page Objects and flaky-test investigation.
We are looking for a QA Automation Engineer to develop and maintain automated tests for a macOS desktop application.
The main focus of the role is end-to-end automation, UI testing, API validation, and improving the stability and maintainability of the existing automation framework.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain automated E2E tests for a macOS desktop application.
Automate UI, integration, and API testing scenarios.
Write and maintain automation code in JavaScript / TypeScript.
Work with and extend an existing automation framework based on CodeceptJS.
Create and maintain BDD scenarios using Cucumber / Gherkin.
Maintain reusable test architecture using Page Objects / Step Objects.
Investigate failed and flaky tests and improve test-suite reliability.
Maintain test reporting, screenshots, traces, logs, and execution artifacts.
Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Work with test environments, backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
Participate in code reviews and improvements to the automation architecture.
Required Skills
Commercial experience in QA Automation.
Hands-on experience with desktop application automation, preferably on macOS.
Strong knowledge of JavaScript ES6+ and/or TypeScript.
Experience with Node.js.
Experience with one or more UI automation technologies such as:Appium
Playwright
WebDriver / WebDriverIO
Appium Mac2 Driver
other macOS or desktop UI automation tools
Experience designing or maintaining E2E automation frameworks.
Good understanding of Page Object or similar test architecture patterns.
Experience with REST API testing.
Experience with Git and CI/CD.
Ability to independently investigate automation failures and application issues.
Nice to Have
Experience with BDD / Cucumber / Gherkin.
Experience automating native or hybrid macOS applications.
Experience with Appium Mac2 Driver, XCTest, or XCUITest.
We are looking for an engineer who can do more than simply write UI tests - someone who can understand complex desktop workflows, contribute to the automation architecture, and improve the overall reliability of the testing process.