QA Automation Engineer

Quadro Consulting was founded in 2014 in Bonn, Germany. We have been successfully delivering IT solutions to long-term clients across various industries, including Dating, Gaming, Payments & Finance, Printing & Marketing, Education, and many more.

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Engineer who combines strong automation skills with a solid understanding of software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

This role is suited for someone who is comfortable working with complex applications, understands how different system components interact, and can take ownership of testing from requirements analysis through automated execution, defect investigation, and release verification.

What you'll be doing

• Design, develop, maintain, and improve automated test suites for web applications.
• Create reliable and maintainable end-to-end automated tests.
• Analyze requirements and acceptance criteria and translate them into effective test scenarios.
• Perform API testing and validate integrations between different services and system components.
• Perform database validation and use SQL for test data preparation and troubleshooting.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and analyze failed executions.
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, integration, and exploratory testing when required.
• Investigate defects using application logs, monitoring tools, API responses, and database information.
• Identify edge cases, potential risks, and unexpected system behavior early in the development lifecycle.
• Report, document, reproduce, and follow defects through resolution.
• Support release validation and post-deployment verification.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product stakeholders, and other QA engineers to improve overall product quality.
• Continuously contribute to improving test coverage, automation practices, and QA processes.

What you bring

• 3+ years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance, with strong hands-on experience in test automation.
• Solid experience with at least one established UI automation framework such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Hands-on programming/scripting experience using Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or a comparable language.
• Strong experience with API testing, using tools such as Postman and/or automated API testing solutions.
• Good understanding of REST APIs, HTTP methods, status codes, request/response structures, and service integrations.
• Experience working with SQL and relational databases.
• Practical experience integrating or executing automated tests through CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar.
• Good understanding of software testing methodologies, test design techniques, and the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to independently investigate failed tests and distinguish between automation issues, environment problems, and application defects.
• Experience working with Git and modern development workflows.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience testing microservices-based or distributed systems.
• Experience with Docker or containerized test environments.
• Experience with application monitoring and log-analysis tools such as Grafana, Datadog, or similar.
• Experience with performance or load testing using JMeter or similar tools.
• Experience with mobile or cross-browser testing.
• Experience with cloud-based environments.
• Experience contributing to the design or improvement of an existing automation framework.

What we're offering:

• Private health care.

• Paid sick leave.

• Main and additional equipment.

• Social events.

• Opportunity to apply your skills and learn new ones.

• Possibility of B2B cooperation.

If you’re interested to hear more about our company and this project, please feel free to apply. We would be happy to meet you and give all the necessary info about this role!

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted