Senior QA Automation Engineer (f/m/d)

November 5, 2026

Senior

Madrid, Spain

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English is required
C1 level

Description

The role covers designing, developing and maintaining test automation frameworks and scripts to ensure quality and reliability of web applications. The engineer joins an agile team and also guides it on software quality-related topics, ensuring an efficient testing setup that maximizes throughput and minimizes effort. Manual testing, test data handling and defect management are part of the responsibilities.

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Responsibilities

Work as an embedded QA Automation Engineer in an Agile team
Drive all quality aspects of the team in regard to software quality
Design test cases to ensure proper coverage of requirements and execute them
Identify tests for test automation
Automate identified test cases using Playwright with TypeScript on UI or API level
Perform manual testing as needed, including periods where manual testing may be the primary responsibility
Create or organise required test data
Maintain regression test cases: add, remove and update them
Execute and document the execution of tests in an audit proved manner
Read and write some code if needed in Java / C#
Perform defect management

Requirements

Work experience in an agile team is mandatory, in a DevOps setup is a strong plus
Experience in leading and supporting all testing initiatives of an agile team from Dev to acceptance testing
Strong experience in Test case design (TCD) to ensure proper coverage of requirements and acceptance criteria
Experience in risk based testing
5+ years general Test Automation experience covering UI and API
Used to perform manual testing as needed, including periods where manual testing may be the primary responsibility
Self-guided exploration of DB to find relevant test data
Good Jira knowledge, basic XRAY knowledge is a plus
Further experiences which are a strong plus: cloud technologies, web application architecture, banking domain knowhow related to Client Lifecycle Management
Excellent command in English (C1/C2), fluent Spanish would be a big plus
BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
ISTQB Foundation Level certification is a plus