Senior Quality Engineer - Cloud Native Applications

About the role

Outpayce, a wholly-owned Amadeus company focused on travel payments, is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer (QAE) in Madrid. The QAE ensures the quality of cloud-native application deliveries within an agile Scrum team that is part of the Money Movement Agile Release Train, working closely with Product Definition Analysts and Developers.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a technical reference for colleagues, influence project decisions and anticipate dependencies, working independently with some guidance on complex situations.
• Define and ensure compliance of the test strategy and plans, design, prepare and execute test cases, and sign off on tested features while keeping test cases up to date.
• Assess and implement test automation, manage defects, assign severity and verify fixes.
• Report on test activities and milestones, mentor newcomers and support QA peers.
• Promote QA best practices, propose and implement quality process improvements, and contribute to reducing the environmental impact of QA activities.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in software functional testing (manual and automated) based on ISTQB principles.
• Strong defect management and problem-solving skills, and experience mentoring and supporting team members.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of test strategy, planning and execution.
• Proficiency in test automation frameworks and tools.
• Excellent communication skills for reporting and stakeholder interaction.