--- title: "Test Automation Engineer | Outsourced QA Team | Azendo" description: "Assign a Test Automation Engineer to your roadmap under one monthly agreement, working from Thailand with a service delivery manager accountable for delivery." url: "https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/test-automation-engineer/" --- [← QA and test automation](https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/) # Test Automation Engineer assigned to your roadmap. A Test Automation Engineer builds the suite that runs on every commit, and maintains it so it does not become the thing everyone ignores. Assigned under one service agreement with a minimum monthly capacity in hours, run by a service delivery manager in Chiang Mai, Thailand — five hours ahead of Northern Europe. [Contact us](https://azendo.co/get-in-touch/) [See pricing](https://azendo.co/pricing/) Part of our service line [QA and test automation](https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/) This role is delivered as part of our QA and test automation services. Take the role on its own, or the whole discipline as one delivery team. ## What a Test Automation Engineer does on an outsourced QA team. Skills and scope are agreed before delivery starts, so the first sprint is productive rather than a ramp-up month. The work runs to the same backlog, the same repositories and the same definition of done as your own team's. ### Test Automation Engineer skills and technology we assign for * [Playwright](https://azendo.co/skills/playwright/) * [Cypress](https://azendo.co/skills/cypress/) * [Selenium](https://azendo.co/skills/selenium/) * [WebdriverIO](https://azendo.co/skills/webdriverio/) * [Appium](https://azendo.co/skills/appium/) * [Robot Framework](https://azendo.co/skills/robot-framework/) * [TypeScript](https://azendo.co/skills/typescript/) * [Python](https://azendo.co/skills/python/) * [Java](https://azendo.co/skills/java/) * [GitHub Actions](https://azendo.co/skills/github-actions/) * [Jenkins](https://azendo.co/skills/jenkins/) * [GitLab CI](https://azendo.co/skills/gitlab-ci/) * [Allure reporting](https://azendo.co/skills/allure/) * Building end-to-end, integration and regression suites against your critical paths. * Wiring tests into CI so a failing build blocks the merge rather than being discovered later. * Maintaining the suite as the product changes, which is the part most automation efforts skip and then abandon. * Cutting flaky tests, which is the single biggest reason teams stop trusting their pipeline. * Building test data management so suites run repeatably rather than depending on a particular database state. ## Seniority levels we assign. Mid to senior. Building a suite is straightforward; building one that survives two years of product change is not. Seniority is one of the inputs in [how the monthly fee is built](https://azendo.co/pricing/). ## When a Test Automation Engineer is the right assignment. Highest return where release frequency is high and manual regression has become the bottleneck. On an ongoing roadmap this role is most often assigned alongside a QA Engineer or a Manual QA Tester. All 4 roles in this service line can sit on the same agreement, and capacity moves between them at the monthly cycle rather than requiring a new contract. At Azendo this sits inside [outsource QA testing](https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/), on the same agreement as the rest of the team. 160 h Typical monthly capacity for this role Fixed Monthly price, unaffected by leave or holidays 4–6 weeks From signed scope to delivery starting Monthly Cycle to raise or lower committed hours ## Other roles in QA and test automation. [QA Engineer QA and test automation role](https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/qa-engineer/)[Manual QA Tester QA and test automation role](https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/manual-qa-tester/)[Performance Test Engineer QA and test automation role](https://azendo.co/services/qa-engineering-and-test-automation/performance-test-engineer/) The same delivery team, on your product, month after month. Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand — five hours ahead of Northern Europe ## Questions about assigning a Test Automation Engineer. What if we have no automated tests at all? Then we start with the critical paths rather than coverage percentage, because a thin suite that runs is worth more than a broad one nobody maintains. Who maintains the suite afterwards? We do, for as long as the engagement runs. Unmaintained automation is why most test suites get switched off. ## Add test automation engineer capacity to your roadmap. Tell us the scope and the stack. We come back with the profile, the capacity and what the first month looks like, or you can [talk to a service delivery manager](https://azendo.co/get-in-touch/) first. [Contact us](https://azendo.co/get-in-touch/) [How it works](https://azendo.co/how-it-works/) ## Assign a Test Automation Engineer to your roadmap.