Senior Test Architect

Introduction:

Are you searching for an opportunity to play a key role in driving the dramatic growth of a highly successful software company?

At Poppulo, we’re working on what’s next in communications and workplace technology. As a pioneer in this industry, we understand that meaningfully reaching every employee is hard. And so is managing office space in a hybrid world. And so is improving the customer and guest experience. We exist to make each of these things easier. We exist to bring harmony to our customers.

And we do that at enterprise scale. Our omnichannel employee communications, customer communications, and workplace experience platform is trusted by over 6,000 organisations today, reaching more than 35M employees and delivering content to 500,000+ digital signs.

We know there’s no such thing as a “perfect" candidate - we’re all a work in progress and are growing new skills and capabilities all the time. We encourage you to apply for a position with Poppulo even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We believe in fostering an environment where there is a diversity of perspectives, in hopes that we can all thrive.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Test Architect to lead the design and evolution of our quality engineering and test automation strategy across our SaaS Employee Experience platform. You will act as a technical leader in test architecture, driving automation-first practices, improving system quality at scale, and enabling teams to deliver reliable, high-performing software.

This role operates across multiple engineering teams, defining and standardising testing strategies, frameworks, and tooling. You will work closely with engineers, architects, and DevOps to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle, with a strong focus on automation, CI/CD integration, and scalable test solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium), strong programming skills (Java, TypeScript, or similar), and hands-on experience with distributed systems, cloud environments (AWS), and modern engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities  

• Define and drive the overall test architecture and automation strategy across multiple teams and services.
• Design, build, and evolve scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright, Selenium, and modern testing libraries.
• Establish best practices for automated testing across all layers (unit, integration, API, UI, performance, and end-to-end).
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed testing into the development lifecycle, ensuring high test coverage and fast feedback cycles.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and reliable deployments.
• Partner with Architects and Engineering Leads to ensure test strategies align with system architecture, including microservices and monolithic applications.
• Define and implement strategies for testing distributed systems, including event-driven and asynchronous architectures.
• Leverage AWS services and cloud-native patterns to support scalable and efficient test execution.
• Drive improvements in test reliability, execution time, and maintainability.
• Establish observability and reporting standards for test results, quality metrics and release readiness.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and QE professionals on automation best practices.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and approaches to improve quality engineering capabilities.
• Ensure testing approaches align with security, compliance, and data protection requirements (e.g., GDPR, PII handling).
• Identify quality risks, gaps, and areas of technical debt, and drive remediation strategies.
• Promote a culture of quality ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence across teams.

Education & Experience 

• 10+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, or test automation, with significant experience in an architectural or leadership role.
• Strong programming skills in Java, TypeScript, Python or similar languages used for building automation frameworks.
• Deep experience with modern test automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Robot Framework or similar.
• Strong understanding of performance testing with tools such as locust, k6, Jmeter.
• Proven experience designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks across multiple teams or products.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing into build and deployment workflows.
• Hands-on experience testing distributed systems, including microservices and monolithic architectures.
• Experience working with AWS and cloud-native environments.
• Strong knowledge of API testing, UI testing, performance testing, and test data management strategies.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with event-driven systems and messaging platforms (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of observability practices (metrics, logging, tracing) as they relate to testing and quality.
• Experience with security and compliance considerations in testing (GDPR, PII, etc.).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across teams.
• Passion for automation, quality engineering, and continuous improvement.

Who We Are

We are a values-driven organisation that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work every day and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients, and culture. We offer a dynamic environment with driven, fun, and flexible individuals who thrive on challenge and responsibility. This is an opportunity to contribute to our culture and join a company that’s on the move.

We live the Poppulo values each day, as they are key to everything we do.

• Bring Your Best Self
  We show up authentically, are self-aware and always strive to be better.
• See it. Own it. Solve it.
  We proactively innovate and solve for our customers and each other. We set an example with high standards for our work. We foster a culture of learning, acknowledging our successes and our failures.
• Together We’re Better
  We value and celebrate our diversity. We learn from others, respecting their expertise, and focus on building trust. That's what makes us a team.

Named a Great Place to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, we are a fast-growing global technology company, with offices in Ireland, the US, the UK. and India.

Poppulo is an equal opportunity employer.

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