QA Automation Engineer

October 7, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

Madrid, Spain

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English is required
B2 level

Description

An international software company serving local governments, healthcare, education and industry is hiring a QA Automation Engineer for an already-running international tech project. The role focuses on designing functional and non-functional tests, maintaining front-end and database automation, running suites in AWS pipelines and reporting defects in English. The company emphasizes a QA mindset, intensive use of AI tools in daily work and agile collaboration with product owners and developers. The position is based in Madrid with hybrid remote work under the company's teleworking policy.

Responsibilities

Design and automate tests: create functional and non-functional cases prioritized by risk and coverage
Develop and maintain automated front-end tests and database data verification using declarative JSON cases
Run and monitor test suites on AWS pipelines, analyze results and investigate failures
Use SQL to verify that data in PostgreSQL is really correct
Report defects in English with reproducible steps, test data and specification references
Maintain and evolve automation suites as APIs, systems and the product evolve
Use AI tools intensively to research, generate ideas, accelerate tasks and analyze results
Collaborate with Product Owners, developers and data profiles in agile ceremonies in English

Requirements

More than 5 years of experience in QA, especially in automation
Test automation with Playwright and TypeScript
SQL / PostgreSQL and hands-on experience with REST APIs
Experience with CI/CD and running tests in pipelines
Ability to read and debug code: understand what a test does, where it fails and why
Ability to understand requirements and functional specifications
English B2+ to comfortably handle conversations and meetings
Autonomy, judgment and curiosity: prioritize, learn the domain independently and decide where effort pays off

Conditions

Indefinite full-time contract
Hybrid remote work under the Spain teleworking policy
Flexible hours and a digital disconnection policy for work-life balance
Morning-only intensive schedule during the three summer months and at Christmas
Special schedule on Holy Week, 24 and 31 December and 5 January, from 9h to 14h
Possibility to work only 2 of 5 winter afternoons per week
100% salary coverage from the first day of sick leave for the first 12 months
Option to receive an advance on salary
Two days off when moving house
Paid afternoon off on your birthday
24 plus 1 vacation days per year
Marriage gift with a payroll incentive
Life insurance and flexible compensation
19 plus 1 weeks of birth and childcare leave
Breastfeeding care leave: 9h per week in winter schedule and 5h per week in summer schedule
Family plan for children with disabilities
Leave to attend school parent-teacher meetings

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