QA engineer

Lead QA engineer/ Warsaw

Contract of employment.

Hybrid model - 2-3 days/week/office/Warsaw

Key Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and execute comprehensive manual test cases and test scenarios.

• Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing on web and backend systems.

• Validate backend logic and data integrity using SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).

• Perform REST API testing using Bruno, Postman, or equivalent tools.

• Actively contribute to UI test automation using Playwright, Robot Framework, or similar frameworks.

• Track, manage, and report defects using JIRA.

• Collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and DevOps to ensure quality throughout the SDLC/STLC.

• Review requirements and designs to identify testability gaps and potential risks early.

• Support release activities by providing quality assessments and test reports.

• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote QA best practices within the team.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar technical field.

• experience in Software Quality Assurance.

• Strong experience with manual testing and proven exposure to test automation.

• Solid understanding of test design techniques and QA methodologies.

• Hands on experience with SQL for backend and data validation (PostgreSQL preferred).

• Proven experience testing REST APIs.

• Experience using JIRA and test management tools such as XRAY.

• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum development processes.

• Strong communication skills in English (B2/C1), written and spoken.

Value Add / Nice to Have Skills

• Strong experience with Playwright or Robot Framework for UI automation.

• Experience with cloud environments (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable).

• Familiarity with event driven systems and Kafka.

• Understanding of microservices architectures.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git).

• Scripting skills (e.g., Python) for test support or automation.

• Experience testing high availability or distributed systems.