QA Automation Engineer

We’re looking for an experienced Automation QA Engineer to join our team and help ensure our products are reliable, high-performing, and deliver the best possible user experience.

You’ll play a key role in designing and maintaining automated tests for both web applications and microservices and backend integrations, while also performing manual testing to validate new features and ensure end-to-end quality. ?

Note: Automation testing and backend development is in Java.

What you’ll do

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks for REST, Kafka, APIs and backend systems.

• Implement automated test cases to cover functional, regression, and integration scenarios.

• Perform manual testing of new features, releases, and bug fixes when automation is not yet implemented.

• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to clarify requirements and define testing strategies.

• Continuously improve test coverage and optimize CI/CD integration of automated test suites.

• Analyze defects, report bugs, and assist in root cause investigations.

• Contribute to test architecture, participate in code reviews, and help shape QA automation best practices.

• Support monitoring and performance checks to ensure system stability in production.

Requirements (Hard Skills)

• 3+ years of experience in QA, with at least 2 years in automation testing.

• Solid knowledge of software testing principles, methodologies, and types (manual and automated).

• Hands-on experience testing APIs, microservices and backend integrations.

• Proficiency with automation tools and frameworks for API and backend testing, such as JUnit and TestNG

• Experience with manual test design and execution (test cases, checklists, exploratory testing).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar).

• Good understanding of synchronous REST, asynchronous Kafka and client–server architecture.

• Strong proficiency in Java for automation and backend testing, including experience with Java-based test frameworks.

• Familiarity with:

• API testing tools: Postman or similar

• API specification: Swagger/OpenAPI

• Issue tracking: Jira, YouTrack, or similar

• Version control: Git

• Nice to have:

• Performance testing experience (JMeter, Locust)

• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Grafana) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Lens)

Soft Skills

• Detail-oriented, analytical, and committed to quality.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Excellent communication and collaboration within cross-functional teams.

• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

• Curious and eager to learn new tools and technologies.

Language

• English: B1 required, B2+ preferred

Stack

• Tests: Java, Junit, Spring Boot Tests, Hamcrest, Test Containers

• API: Postman, REST Assured, Java HTTP Clients

• DB: Postgres, ClickHouse

• Reporting, Test Management: Allure TestOps