Senior Automation Lead

We are looking for a Senior Automation Lead to drive automation capability within our delivery team. The role requires strong technical leadership, hands‑on automation expertise, and the ability to define and enforce standards across multiple workstreams.

The Senior Automation Lead will oversee frameworks, mentor engineers, and ensure automation supports fast, reliable, and scalable delivery for both functional and regression testing.

 Your scope of duties:

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automation frameworks across the programmes.
• Define coding standards, best practices, and governance for the automation team.
• Oversee automation strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with project delivery timelines.
• Provide hands‑on technical expertise in building and maintaining automated test suites.
• Collaborate with Test Managers, Developers, BAs, and Architects to ensure full integration of automation within SIT, UAT, and regression cycles.
• Review existing automation code and drive improvements in quality, structure, and maintainability.
• Mentor and support mid‑level and junior automation engineers.
• Ensure optimal test coverage, reporting, and continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) alignment.
• Identify opportunities for optimization and efficiency across testing processes.
• Support pre‑sales activities for consulting engagements, including contributions to RFIs and RFPs.
• Drive growth and sales by identifying new opportunities, expanding existing client relationships, and actively contributing to the commercial success of the practice.
• Act as a key point of contact for Alliance partners, ensuring smooth collaboration, strong communication, and successful joint delivery across initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in test automation, including at least 2 years in a lead role.
• Strong hands‑on automation skills in tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar.
• Solid experience with programming languages used in automation (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python, or C#).
• Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration of automated tests into build processes.
• Practical experience running tests at scale using containerized execution and/or Kubernetes-based environments (e.g., runners in containers, ephemeral environments, test environment readiness).
• Proven ability to lead teams, enforce technical standards, and provide coaching.
• Excellent problem‑solving and debugging skills.
• Ability to work in fast‑paced delivery environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Evaluate and adopt self-healing automation capabilities where appropriate.
• Strong communication skills and very good command of English.

What we offer:

• Professional and financial support in obtaining recognised qualifications and certificates;
• EY Badges - global certification of your competencies and the opportunity to earn an MBA title from the prestigious Hult University; 
• Career Counselor - professional, one-to-one guidance on career building and development; 
• Innovate EY - unique programmes where you can create your own start-up using our know-how and funding;  
• Psycho-educational platform - a package of free consultations with specialists in the broad field of mental health and personal development and access to educational activities; 
• A convenient hybrid working model; 
• Benefit programme offering private healthcare with additional preventive examinations, life insurance, tickets, team sports, language learning platform, sports cards and much more (available online and offline). 

Recruitment stages:

1. Apply. If you are doing it for the first time, create a profile and add a resume. 

2. Talk. Recruiters and people from your future team are waiting.

About EY Poland:

We are a global consulting firm - helping businesses, organisations and communities make the most of their potential. Our audit, consulting, legal, strategy, tax and transaction teams ask the non-obvious questions to find new answers to the complex challenges facing the world today.  

We employ more than 390,000 exceptional people in over 150 countries around the world. In Poland there are over 7,000 of us, working in: Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Rzeszow and Wroclaw. 

We create amazing things together every day. We have the people, the development path and the training to help you grow fast, gaining experience on successive projects.   

We care about the environment - not just the business. As part of our plan, we have reduced our global greenhouse gas emissions by 43% from a 2019 baseline.   

EY is an equal opportunity employer, we value and promote diversity in the knowledge and experience of our community. We operate the 'Level Up Without Barriers' program, which supports employees with disabilities to achieve their career ambitions and dreams.  

EY provides all applicants with equal opportunities in the recruitment process, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.