About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a QA Automation Engineer based in Germany.
Join a remote-first, international product team building a technology platform designed to make global employment simpler and more accessible.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automated tests covering new product features and regression scenarios.
- Perform functional, integration, and regression testing to ensure application behavior meets requirements, using manual testing when appropriate.
- Identify, document, triage, and track defects from discovery through resolution.
- Help reduce the number of defects discovered by end users by strengthening QA coverage and prevention practices.
- Contribute to keeping QA activities efficient and minimizing their impact on release timelines.
- Use AI-assisted development and testing tools to accelerate test generation while critically reviewing and validating AI-generated output.
- Participate in requirements reviews and provide a QA perspective to identify potential quality risks early.
- Take increasing ownership of the quality strategy and test coverage for your assigned product squad.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Software Development, or a related technical role.
- Hands-on experience with Playwright or a comparable automated testing framework.
- Strong coding skills and the ability to write efficient, maintainable automated tests.
- Practical experience with API testing and test automation.
- Familiarity with issue tracking and version control tools, ideally Jira and Git.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly within remote and asynchronous teams.
- Experience creating and maintaining manual testing plans is a plus.
- Familiarity with AI coding assistants and an interest in developing a disciplined workflow for AI-assisted test generation.
- Experience working with SaaS products or custom-built software is preferred.
- Understanding of agile development practices and frequent release cycles.
- Awareness of QA-related DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and testing infrastructure.
- Good understanding of web application development concepts.
- Self-directed, curious, and proactive, with a strong sense of ownership and a willingness to seek feedback and continuously develop.
- A quality-first mindset and genuine interest in test automation and software quality.
Conditions
- Competitive salary.
- Fully remote-first working environment.
- Asynchronous collaboration designed to support distributed teams across different time zones.
- Flexibility to work from abroad for a limited period.
- Opportunities for professional development, career progression, and internal growth.
- Necessary hardware provided to help you succeed from day one.
- Opportunity to work with modern AI-powered tools and build expertise in AI-assisted software testing.
- International and diverse working environment with colleagues across multiple regions.
- Supportive culture focused on ownership, learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.