Automation QA Engineer

October 27, 2026

Office

Middle

Warsaw, Poland

Keep in mind

Office-only work

Also worth knowing

Includes on-call duty
English is required

Description

The team builds and maintains critical components of the Danish and European payments infrastructure, including SEPA Instant (EUR) and STEP2, handling high-volume real-time payment processing. The QA Automation Engineer drives and expands test automation across backend services, APIs, messaging flows and user interfaces. The role sits in a cross-site team based in Denmark and Poland and works closely with developers and analysts across the full delivery lifecycle. The office location is Warsaw, Poland.

Responsibilities

Drive the test automation agenda in the team and increase automation coverage across systems
Design, implement and maintain automated tests for APIs, Java backend services and Angular UI
Ensure quality across complex distributed payment flows, including real-time and batch processing
Validate ISO 20022 payment messages and flows across MQ-based integrations
Promote quality best practices and help the team adopt a strong QA and automation mindset
Work closely with developers to integrate testing into development and CI/CD pipelines
Investigate defects using logs, data and system insights to identify root causes
Improve test frameworks, tooling and ways of working within test and automation

Requirements

Strong experience with test automation in modern distributed systems
Experience testing APIs and backend services, including REST and messaging systems
Hands-on experience with Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured or similar automation tools
ISTQB Foundation certification or an equivalent qualification
Experience testing web applications, preferably Angular-based user interfaces
Knowledge of MQ, for example IBM MQ, and message-based integrations
Ability to validate XML and JSON payloads against XSD and JSON Schema
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests
Strong analytical skills and troubleshooting using logs and system data
Good collaboration skills across development, QA and business analysis roles
Structured, proactive and quality-driven mindset
Fluency in English, both written and spoken