10/07/2026 updated
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Senior QA Automation Engineer - Python / Playwright / BDD | Banking, Fintech, Medical
Poděbrady, Czech Republic
Only remote
Bachelor of Science in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications, University of West BohemiaAbout me
Senior QA automation engineer with 17+ years in test automation and framework architecture for banking, fintech and regulated medical software. Python/Playwright BDD frameworks, plus Java and C# for web and mobile. ISTQB certified. Currently focused on AI-assisted test automation.
GitHub ActionsWebdriverJava (Programming Language)Test AutomationAutomated Testing FrameworkBehavior-Driven DevelopmentC Sharp (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)SeleniumTest DesignTest Execution EngineTesting StrategiesTestngPostmanAppium
Test Automation with Python and Playwright
Design and development of Python-based BDD test frameworks with Playwright, pytest-bdd, Allure reporting, Docker and GitHub Actions, including mocked test environments with no backend dependencies.
CI/CD and DevOps Integration
GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Docker and Git to automate build, test and deployment pipelines across projects and industries.
API and Performance Testing
REST APIs, Postman, SoapUI and JMeter, plus building mocked and stubbed test environments for reliable, isolated test runs.
BDD and Gherkin-Based Testing
Behaviour-driven test development with Gherkin, Karate and pytest-bdd in agile teams.
Mobile Test Automation
Automated test suites in C# for Android mobile applications with Appium and Android Studio.
QA Management and Test Processes
End-to-end QA lifecycle: test strategy, test design, defect management and stakeholder reporting with JIRA, Xray, TestRail, TFS, YouTrack and Grafana.
Regulated Medical Device Testing
Test design and automated testing for implantable cardiac device programmers and base station firmware under strict medical quality and regulatory standards.
Full-Stack Development with Next.js and React
Full-stack web applications in Next.js and React, and a blockchain-based voting dApp on the SUI network (Move).
AI-Assisted Test Automation
Using AI tools such as Claude and LLM tooling to speed up test automation workflows and software development.
Selenium WebDriver and Java Automation
Web test automation with Selenium WebDriver and Java for online banking and fintech projects, with TestNG and NUnit.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2024
Languages
EnglishFluentCzechNative speaker
Project history
Built a Python BDD test framework with Playwright, Allure, Docker and GitHub Actions. Built a test framework for a Next.js application with Playwright and Karate. Automated test suites in C# for Android apps with Appium. Consulting on QA strategy, test automation architecture and CI/CD pipeline design. Developed full-stack web applications and a blockchain-based voting dApp on the SUI network.
Led automated test development and maintenance for the internet banking platform. Managed the end-to-end QA lifecycle: test design, execution, defect management and stakeholder reporting. Stack: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Jenkins, Git, Postman, SoapUI, JIRA, Xray, Grafana.
Built BDD-based automated tests for a C++ POS application through a custom REST interface. Stack: Python, BDD, Jenkins, Git, JIRA.