Senior QA Automation Engineer (100%) - Madrid

About the role

Julius Baer is looking for a Senior QA Automation Engineer to join one of its agile teams in Madrid. You will design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts so that the quality and reliability of the bank's web applications are ensured, while also guiding the team on software quality topics such as development testing.

Key responsibilities

• Drive all quality aspects of the team regarding software quality within an agile team.
• Design test cases to cover requirements and execute them.
• Identify tests for automation and automate them with Playwright in TypeScript, on UI or API level.
• Perform manual testing when needed, including periods where it is the main responsibility.
• Create or organise test data and maintain regression test cases.
• Execute and document tests in an auditable way.
• Manage defects and be able to read and write some code in Java or C# if needed.

Required profile

• Mandatory experience in an agile team; DevOps experience is a strong plus.
• Experience leading or supporting testing initiatives from development to acceptance testing.
• Strong experience in test case design and risk-based testing.
• More than 5 years of general test automation experience covering UI and API, plus manual testing.
• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Excellent English (C1/C2); fluent Spanish is a big plus.

Required skills

• Test automation with Playwright and TypeScript (UI/API)
• Defect management
• Good knowledge of Jira; basic Xray is a plus
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification is a plus