At Paystone, we believe quality is engineered, not inspected. We're looking for a Test Automation Architect to define and scale the frameworks, infrastructure, and practices that enable every squad to ship with confidence.
This is a senior, hands-on engineering role for someone with deep technical expertise (8+ years) who can architect systems, code frameworks, and mentor engineers across teams. You'll set the technical direction for how Paystone tests at scale, while staying close to the code.
Reporting to: VP, Engineering
Department: Engineering
Test Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Architect and implement test automation frameworks, tools, and libraries in TypeScript/JavaScript (Jest, Playwright, etc.) used across engineering squads.
- Define the overall test strategy and architecture (unit integration E2E performance) to ensure reliability, scalability, and speed.
- Review system designs and production code with an eye for testability, observability, and maintainability.
- Debug product and automation code, diving into APIs, logs, and distributed systems.
- Embed test automation and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Drive optimization of test performance, coverage, and reliability; eliminate flaky tests.
- Introduce new tools and approaches (contract testing, mutation testing, visual regression, etc.) when they meaningfully improve product quality.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to ensure testability is designed in from day one.
- Mentor engineers at all levels: pair programming, workshops, and setting best practices for test automation.
- Act as a technical authority on test automation and quality engineering across the organization.
- Scope and prioritize automation initiatives that balance developer velocity with product risk.
- Provide visibility into test coverage, release readiness, and quality metrics for stakeholders.
- Ensure environments and data are reproducible, version-controlled, and aligned with production.
- 8+ years of software engineering and test automation experience in SaaS or distributed systems.
- Proven track record architecting and scaling test automation frameworks in production environments.
- Deep hands-on expertise with Jest, Playwright (or similar frameworks) and strong TypeScript/JavaScript coding skills.
- Experience integrating automated testing into cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong grasp of advanced testing strategies: TDD, BDD, contract testing, performance, accessibility.
- Solid engineering fundamentals: debugging distributed systems, reasoning about complexity and performance.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable influencing technical direction across teams.
- Passion for mentorship and building a culture of engineering excellence.
As our Test Automation Architect, you'll combine hands-on coding with strategic technical leadership, shaping how Paystone engineers build, test, and deliver high-quality software at scale.
Let's raise the bar on reliability — together.
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