Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Quick Facts

• Permanent full-time position
• Hybrid work model with fixed team days on Tuesday and Thursday in Solingen; one additional office day chosen flexibly; remaining days allow mobile work
• 37.5 hours/week with flexible working hours in the context of flextime
• Opportunity to grow toward a Team Lead position

Description

Work in an agile, flexible environment to rethink and evolve QA and actively support the transition to an AI-first approach. You will create and prioritize test cases to ensure comprehensive test coverage. You will also build scalable, stable automated system and integration tests, and use exploratory testing to detect weaknesses early.

Responsibilities

• Develop and prioritize test cases in an agile setup and ensure solid, complete test coverage
• Build and maintain automated system and integration tests so they can scale long-term
• Use exploratory testing intentionally to find weaknesses early and improve quality
• Advance QA automation, including adoption of new AI-based tools
• Collaborate closely with the development team and contribute to quality standards
• Support the team in rethinking QA and growing step by step toward Team Lead

Requirements

• Experience in software testing and QA, ideally including test automation
• Ability to create test cases
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, preferably Oracle
• Familiarity with test automation tools such as Selenium, SOAP UI, JUnit, Ranorex, JMeter, or similar solutions
• Analytical mindset and structured approach to complex problems
• Good communication skills and open collaboration with developers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders
• Experience with test management tools such as Jira, HP ALM, Aqua, TestRail, or Testlink
• ISTQB Foundation certification is a plus (not mandatory)
• Technical affinity and willingness to quickly learn new tools and AI-based QA approaches

Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment
• Flexible working hours (flextime) within a 37.5-hour workweek
• Hybrid working arrangement with set team days and option for mobile work