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# Lead QA Automation Engineer

- **Company:** Athento
- **Location:** Spain
- **Salary:** €40,000.0 - €65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Code Coverage, Code Review, Object-Oriented Software Development
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobleads.com/es/job/e6d479c81eedb3784aa01af7407039f2a

## About the Role

You will define QA policy for new releases, develop libraries and frameworks for automation, and participate in test design discussions and code reviews with the product team. Strong English and OO programming skills are essential.

## Description

Athento is seeking a QA Automation engineer to lead efforts ensuring product quality. You will collaborate with product engineers to design and automate testing strategies, increasing test coverage and implementing automated tools for back and front testing.


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