Senior QA Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities: Define, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks (BDD/Cucumber) Advocate and enforce quality standards across delivery stages Work closely with developers and the Product Owner to ensure clear understanding and early detection of defects Contribute to the design of testing strategies, integrating with CI/CD pipelines to deliver quality at speed Develop and maintain automated scripts using Java 21, Selenium, and Cucumber Drive BDD practices by defining feature files and reviewing tests for clarity and correctness Perform negative, exploratory, and regression testing Test REST APIs, Kafka event streams, and DB persistence (JPA) Use tools like Splunk for log analysis and provide insights to the team Requirements: Strong Java coding skills (preferably Java 21) for automation with Selenium/WebDriver Proven experience with Cucumber for BDD Familiarity with API testing, Kafka, DB validation Expertise in test strategy and defect analysis in complex systems Comfortable in Agile environments and working closely with developers Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) Nice to have: Basic Docker skills for execution in containerized environments Understanding of Sonar for code quality insights Familiarity with Liquibase for DB change control Offer: Private medical care Co-financing for the sports card Constant support of dedicated consultant Employee referral program