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# Senior QA Engineer with Automation

- **Company:** Alex Staff Agency
- **Location:** Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €54,000.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Ajax (Programming Language), JIRA, Automation of Tests, Client Server Models, Ubuntu (Operating System), Command-Line Interface, Continuous Integration, Database Queries, Linux, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), JSON, Selenium, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Cypress (Programming Language), Git, Playwright, Restful APIs, Api Management, Testrail
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5827394092

## About the Role

* 4+ years of experience as a Manual QA, at a senior level
 * Some hands-on experience with QA automation: writing or maintaining automated tests for UI or API scenarios
 * An automation-oriented mindset: comfort with programming concepts and logical problem-solving
 * Understanding of HTTP, HTML, AJAX, JSON, REST APIs, and client-server architecture
 * Basic knowledge of SQL
 * Strong written and spoken English (interviews are conducted in English)
 * Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian

Nice to Have

 * Hands-on experience with Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium
 * Understanding of CI/CD systems
 * Experience with Agile methodology
 * Experience with JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry
 * Basic knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu command line)
 * Basic Git knowledge

## Description

Senior QA Engineer with Automation needed to join the Engineering team. This is a QA role with a meaningful automation component: the focus is on strong testing fundamentals, solid software design foundations, and identifying where automation adds real value, rather than a pure automation-first approach.

The role involves testing complex integrated web applications across both UI and API layers. Initially, most of the work will be manual QA; in the mid term, the expected split is roughly 70/30 automation-to-manual.

Responsibilities

 * UI and API testing of complex integrated web applications
 * Developing and refining test plans
 * Writing and maintaining automated tests, primarily using Cypress
 * Close collaboration with developers in an Agile environment
 * Tracking and managing test cases using JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry
 * Identifying areas where manual testing processes can be automated for reliability and maintainability


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