QA Automation Engineer

About Kingfisher

Kingfisher is a group of over 74,000 passionate employees who bring the company and all our brands to life: Brico Dépôt, Castorama, Screwfix, B&Q, and Koctas.

We are numerous, and we aim to become even bigger and better. We want to become leaders in the home improvement market and develop the largest community of DIY enthusiasts in the world. And that's where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and candidates at Kingfisher are treated equally, regardless of their age, sex, family situation, color, origin, culture, beliefs, political opinion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or any other aspect related to identity.

We are open to flexibility regarding work organization. That's why we offer our employees the possibility of remote work (subject to the conditions of the current agreement).

The Role

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join one of the three eCommerce squads and participate in deploying quality on our new e-commerce platform.

If you want to take over and evolve an existing strategy and have real experience with the majority of the technologies in the following stack, let's meet!

What's the job?

Quality Framework, Best Practices & Collaboration

• Take over and evolve the existing strategy
• Participate in establishing a quality culture with the other two Squads
• Participate in Agile ceremonies with Product Owners to champion the QA vision
• Ability to communicate in English and French

Test Automation

• Contribute to defining the scope of testing, complexity, and workload during estimation and planning phases.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize manual and automated test scripts, ensuring adherence to best practices and their integration into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Perform functional, integration, and regression tests to validate system functionality, performance, and stability.
• Record, track, and prioritize defects, ensuring their resolution within deadlines and with precise documentation.
• Manage the entire test lifecycle, ensuring complete coverage and maintaining quality standards within the Engineering Squad.
• Present test results and key learnings to stakeholders

Tools & Integration

• Utilize Jira / xRay / Cucumber / Playwright / Sauce Labs for test campaign management.
• Recommend, implement, and/or monitor the implementation of tools (AWS Runners, Gitlab CI, integration with DevOps).

Collaboration & Influence

• Work closely with the Squad Lead and developers to ensure quality.
• Be proactive in proposing QA evolutions and innovations.

What You'll Bring

Technical Expertise

• Solid experience with xRay / Jira / Cucumber for reporting and executing test plans manually and automatically
• Solid experience with JavaScript / TypeScript for test automation using Playwright and Cucumber frameworks
• Knowledge of Sauce Labs
• Knowledge of quality tools (SonarQube, linters)

Quality Vision

• Excellent understanding of test automation strategies and best practices for web applications.
• Proven skills in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust and scalable test frameworks.
• Very good knowledge of software quality principles, Agile methodologies, and continuous testing practices.
• Significant experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including developers, Product Owners, and DevOps engineers.

Soft Skills

• Rigor, autonomy, clear communication with diverse profiles.