
Expert QA Engineer
Role Description
The ideal candidate combines a solid QA foundation with automation skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to mentor junior team members while driving test excellence across projects.
This role is key in ensuring product quality through effective planning, execution, and continuous improvement of testing practices in both manual and automated contexts.
Responsibilities
Quality mindset & processes: Promote a quality-driven culture, applying shift-left strategies and early QA involvement in requirements, use cases, and static testing.
Test design & execution: Create and maintain test plans, test cycles, test cases, and automated test suites (TestComplete, Selenium, etc.), covering integration, system/E2E, regression, and exploratory testing.
Collaboration & strategy: Work with developers, product owners, and QA peers to define test strategies, estimate efforts, ensure coverage, and maintain traceability.
Defect management: Identify, analyze, and report software defects; collaborate with developers to ensure timely resolution.
Automation & DevOps: Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevOps practices.
Leadership & mentoring: Guide junior QA engineers, fostering best practices, continuous learning, and effective teamwork.
Documentation: Maintain clear and structured test documentation in JIRA, Confluence, and Zephyr.
Communication & conflict resolution: Proactively address challenges and team dynamics with assertive communication and problem-solving skills.
Qualifications
Certifications: ISTQB Foundation Level (required), ISTQB Test Manager (desirable).
Testing expertise: Strong experience in test case design, test automation (TestComplete, Selenium, Playwright), test management tools (Zephyr), and QA reporting activities.
Technical skills:
Scripting languages (Shell, Python, Java, JavaScript).
Databases and SQL (basic).
Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
DevOps tools and practices (Bitbucket Pipelines, Ansible).
Networking fundamentals (SSH, RDP, proxies, load balancers, VPNs, tunnels).
Tools: Proficient with JIRA and Confluence.
Soft skills: Mentoring and coaching experience, strong communication, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, problem-solving mindset.
Languages: English B2 or higher (spoken and written).
Sounds like your next career step?
Then please apply via the “Submit Application” button below and send us your application including CV and references. We would also be happy if you indicate your earliest possible starting date and salary expectations.
If you have any questions, our People & Culture Team will be happy to help at recruitment@softproject.es or +34951742304
Tätigkeitsbereich
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The Green Ray - Blvr. Louis Pasteur 47-Of. 118, 29010 Málaga, SpanienHybrides Arbeiten
Arbeitsverhältnis
FestanstellungSeit über 20 Jahren entwickeln wir, die SoftProject GmbH aus Ettlingen, innovative Produkte und Services rund um die Modellierung und Automatisierung von Geschäftsprozessen in allen Branchen. Mit unserer Low-Code-Plattform X4 BPMS digitalisieren Anwender ihre Prozesse mit grafischen Werkzeugen und ohne Programmierung.
Wir sind stolz darauf, dass sich mehr als 300 Unternehmen auf der ganzen Welt auf die X4 BPMS verlassen. Unser Team mit über 120 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern arbeitet jeden Tag daran, die SoftProject-Erfolgsgeschichte weiterzuschreiben – und das nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern auch an Standorten in Spanien und der Schweiz.
- Ausgezeichnete Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten
- Ein einzigartiges Team
- Agile Arbeitsmethode
- Flexibilität und Familienfreundlichkeit
- Solide Rahmenbedingungen
- Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden