Senior Test Engineer

Qualysoft
Wien, Austria
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward QA professionals comfortable with Playwright and TypeScript, who thrive in hybrid work arrangements and have a user-journey focus.

Best fit for

  • QA professionals with 4+ years of experience in Agile teams and a history of building test frameworks with Playwright and TypeScript
    — “4+ years of hands-on QA experience testing frontend, backend and API-driven applications within Agile delivery teams”
  • Candidates who balance testing and automation without needing oversight and are proactive in identifying risks during sprint planning
    — “Self-organized: you plan your own sprint work and balance testing with automation without being chased”
  • Individuals who prioritize business and customer journeys in their test design and execution
    — “User-journey focus: you visualize how real customers use the product and test accordingly”

Things to consider

  • The role requires 1-2 days per month on-site in Vienna despite being a hybrid model
    — “Working model: Hybrid, 1-2 days per month on site in Vienna”
  • A strong command of English is necessary due to the project language requirement
    — “Project language: English”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in maintaining scalable and stable test frameworks in your resume and interviews
    — “Keep the automation framework scalable, readable and stable, and fix flaky tests at the root cause”
  • Highlight your ability to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, specifically with Jenkins
    — “Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and act on the results”
  • Showcase your use of AI tools in test automation and defect analysis
    — “Daily use of AI tools in your testing work”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Experience with Playwright and TypeScript
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
  • Experience testing web applications and APIs
Typical background
4+ years of hands-on QA experienceStrong understanding of QA processes

Skills & requirements

Required

QATest AutomationPlaywrightTypeScriptAgileCI/CDJenkinsTestrail

Preferred

TelecommunicationsIstqb Certification

Stack & domain

PlaywrightTypeScriptJenkinsTestrailAgileScrumAnalyticalProblem-solvingOwnershipSelf-organizedUser-journey FocusIstqbTelecommunications

About the role

Original posting from Qualysoft via Lever

For our client, a leading telecommunications provider in Austria, Qualysoft is seeking an experienced Senior Test Engineer to test and automate business-critical web and API-driven applications, with a strong focus on Playwright.

Location: Vienna

Start: ASAP

Duration: 12 months

Capacity: 100%

Working model: Hybrid, 1-2 days per month on site in Vienna

Project language: English

Compensation:

Your Responsibilities

As a key contributor to an Agile delivery team, you will safeguard product quality through structured testing and robust test automation.

Test user stories and sprint deliveries against acceptance criteria

Design, implement and maintain automated UI and API tests with Playwright and TypeScript

Keep the automation framework scalable, readable and stable, and fix flaky tests at the root cause

Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and act on the results

Perform functional, exploratory, integration and regression testing

Validate end-to-end business and customer journeys across multiple systems

Take part in backlog refinement and sprint planning, raising risks and testability questions early

Report, analyze and track defects through resolution

Contribute to improving QA practices, automation coverage and team quality standards

Your Profile

4+ years of hands-on QA experience testing frontend, backend and API-driven applications within Agile delivery teams

Strong understanding of QA processes, test design techniques, defect management and risk-based testing

Hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript, including building or maintaining a test framework

Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins

Experience testing web applications and APIs, including test automation

Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Daily use of AI tools in your testing work

Familiarity with TestRail or similar test management tools

Ownership: you take responsibility for quality outcomes and follow issues through to the end

Self-organized: you plan your own sprint work and balance testing with automation without being chased

User-journey focus: you visualize how real customers use the product and test accordingly

Core Technologies

Playwright, TypeScript

UI and API test automation

CI/CD: Jenkins

Test management: TestRail (or similar)

AI tools for testing

Nice to Have

Background in the telecommunications industry

ISTQB certification

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to shape the quality of a business-critical product at a leading telecommunications provider, in an international, fast-moving environment with high visibility.

Source: Qualysoft careers (Lever)

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