Senior QA Engineer

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior QA Engineer for a full-time position (40 hours per week) in Europe. Our client is a digital marketing company that offers email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, and online survey tools to help organizations expand their businesses by fostering stronger customer relationships. You will work with innovative tools and APIs that allow internal teams to operate smoothly and seamlessly, such as finance, sales, marketing, and customer support. In addition to these stakeholders, you will work with other engineering teams, product owners, and UX designers to improve productivity across many applications. This is a backend testing-heavy position. A small subset of legacy billing services is moving to Stripe. The team needs someone with solid API testing experience (manual and automation). Manual testing is conducted using Postman, and for automation, the following technical skill set is required: REST Assured, core Java, JUnit 5 (TestNG is fine too since they are pretty similar), knowledge of IntelliJ, and Jenkins. The team needs someone with extensive Java experience to help build and set up a new REST Assured-based automation framework. Automation: 80%, manual: 20% (80% automation because most testing is done directly via automation). This means the candidate needs excellent functional testing skills to develop use cases that will then be tested directly via automation. Overlap/Meetings until 7 PM CET Requirements: Experience with the REST Assured framework. BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or applicable discipline. 7+ years of experience in test automation and familiarity with development roles. Strong knowledge of Java and Selenium/Protractor/Cypress. Understanding of debugging test code. Knowledge of Postman. Expertise in unit testing and test-driven development. Be comfortable with relational and NoSQL databases. Understanding of AWS (any experience with this cloud). Exposure to Git in a CI/CD environment. Experience with QE methodologies. Experience working in Agile/Scrum. Experience in using Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Bugbot, or comparable tools as your primary development workflow — a core engineering practice, not a novelty. Strong collaboration and influential mindset. Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive the team. Self-motivated with a proactive approach. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, self-motivated, creative, and detail-oriented. The ability to adapt quickly to the environment and leverage relationships with others across engineering, IT, finance, and others. Nice to have: Experience with JavaScript. Experience with React. Responsibilities: Drive the testing and release processes, ensuring we are performing the proper manual and automated tests in each environment - QA, Staging, and Production. Work within a Services Oriented Architecture. Create and execute test plans, Test cases, and Test strategies. Be involved with unit, integration, functional, and performance testing. Develop basic automated testing products. Write clear, well-formed, and effective test plans for testing software products following accepted testing standards and using best software development practices. Be an active participant in code reviews and retrospectives. Lead team members in testing for high-quality software products. Identify, troubleshoot, debug, and resolve defects in software and related systems on an advanced level. Mentor other QA engineers to improve overall software product quality and the team. Understand and stay current with advancements in web technologies. Contribute to the continuous improvement of quality processes including required documentation, testing processes, and the overall quality of the Agile team's software. Drive quality on a product team utilizing continuous integration, continuous delivery, BDD, and TDD. We Offer: US and EU projects based on advanced technologies. Competitive compensation based on skills and experience. Regular performance appraisals to support your growth. Flexibility in workspace, either remote or our welcoming office. Bonuses for article writing, public talks, and other activities. Generous time off, including vacation, national holidays, sick leaves, and family days. Personalized learning programs tailored to your interests and skill development. Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla. Regular corporate online activities. Awesome team and a friendly, supportive community! Ref # 5223