Senior QA Test Engineer 100% (f/m/d)

Tasks

• Work as an embedded QA test engineer in an agile team, with responsibility for end-to-end quality assurance of all the team’s applications
• Managing all quality aspects throughout the entire software development lifecycle, from story refinement and design through testing, release, and post-release validation
• Design, execute, and maintain test cases to ensure complete coverage of business requirements and acceptance criteria
• Ensuring functional correctness through well-designed positive, negative, and exploratory test scenarios
• Create, manage, and validate test data in different environments
• Performing tests and documenting the results in an audit-proof manner
• Validating system integrations using REST API testing, with a clear understanding of request/response flows, error handling, and data consistency
• Performing end-to-end testing across multiple systems, taking into account dependencies between internal applications and external providers
• Using Git for versioning test scripts and collaborating on code changes with developers
• Conducting structured root-cause analyses to distinguish between UI issues, integration errors, data issues, environment issues, or requirements gaps
• Collaboration with business users, stakeholders, and external providers
• Clear communication of test progress, coverage, risks, and quality status to the agile team, test manager, business users, and external providers
• Taking responsibility for defect management and quality tracking until a solution is found
• Support the team in troubleshooting and resolving issues to ensure timely resolution and regression testing
• Participate in non-functional testing strategies, including participation in performance evaluations and scalability testing

Requirements

• Proven experience as a QA engineer in agile/Scrum teams (experience with DevOps is a plus)
• Extensive experience in leading and supporting testing activities through an agile team, from development testing through to acceptance testing
• Industry knowledge in the banking or financial services sector is a strong advantage.
• Practical experience with REST API testing
• Good knowledge of Jira, Xray knowledge is a plus
• Ability to work independently, take responsibility, and proactively pursue quality issues
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including structured root cause analysis
• Strong technical and problem-solving skills, including experience with Agile/Scrum teams and DevOps setups
• High resilience and ability to work under changing priorities
• Experience working with external vendors and service providers, including coordinating testing activities and troubleshooting