Senior QA Tester

October 15, 2026

Office

Senior

Madrid

Keep in mind

Office-only work

Description

A Senior QA Tester role is open to lead testing strategy and quality assurance in Madrid. The position covers design of manual and automated test plans, functional and API testing, performance testing and CI/CD integration. The specialist acts as a technical quality reference working closely with development teams on a permanent full-time contract.

Responsibilities

Design test strategies and plans for manual and automated testing
Lead identification of requirements, test scenarios and test data management for execution
Automate and execute functional tests covering unit, integration, regression, system, smoke, sanity and acceptance testing
Continuously track failures found during integration testing
Apply performance testing with JMeter, BlazeMeter or similar tools
Execute API service tests using Postman, SoapUI and Newman
Manage incidents with tracking tools ALM, Jira, Zephyr and XRay and analyze code quality with Sonar, PMD, FindBugs and Checkstyle
Use version control (Git, SVN, CVS) and continuous integration applied to testing (Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Nexus) across Eclipse IDE and Linux, macOS and Windows environments
Manage SQL databases (MySQL, DBeaver) and NoSQL at basic-to-intermediate level and apply agile methodologies
Collaborate with continuous development teams to identify critical functionalities and mitigate error risks as a quality reference point

Requirements

Solid experience in automation and quality assurance with ability to lead the testing strategy and act as a technical reference
Strong knowledge of Java plus interpretation of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Self-management and organization skills
Leadership and teamwork abilities
Analysis, planning and problem solving skills
Creativity and effective communication