QA Automation Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a QA Automation Engineer with 5+ years of experience to join our top 10 multinational bank in Romania. You will ensure reliable banking services through strong automation, integration testing, and quality ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own QA activities for services developed and maintained within an Agile banking squad.
• Clarify requirements with the squad and translate them into test plans, estimates, and high-coverage test scenarios.
• Design, write, execute, maintain, and refactor manual and automated test cases.
• Develop and maintain automated tests and automation frameworks, mainly using Java-based technologies.
• Test API, web, and service-to-service integrations, including synchronous and asynchronous communication flows.
• Perform regression testing using Cucumber, Selenium, and/or Playwright, Rest Assured, Kafka/MQ integrations, and manual testing where appropriate.
• Validate and certify features before release and provide clear quality and risk assessments to stakeholders.
• Investigate defects, analyze logs, perform root-cause analysis, and track issues through resolution.
• Conduct peer reviews for test cases, test scenarios, and automation scripts.
• Research, recommend, and implement QA tools that increase automation coverage and testing efficiency.
• Maintain clear documentation and traceability for test cases, test execution, and results.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, cross-team collaboration, and feature demonstrations.

Requirements

Technical

• At least 5 years of Quality Assurance experience, with hands-on test automation responsibilities.
• Strong experience with Java for automated testing and a good understanding of OOP concepts.
• Hands-on API and web testing experience.
• Experience with Cucumber and automated regression testing.
• Experience with Selenium and/or Playwright for UI automation.
• Experience with Rest Assured for API test automation.
• Working knowledge of Spring / Spring Boot, JUnit, and Maven in test automation environments.
• Applied experience with inter-service communication mechanisms such as HTTP/HTTPS, message queues, and event streaming.
• Experience testing or troubleshooting Kafka and/or MQ-based integrations.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, including log investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Good test case design, test planning, and test management skills.
• Ability to develop, maintain, and extend automation frameworks and automated test coverage.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Others

• Proficiency in English
• Very good communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a highly collaborative squad.
• Self-driven, highly motivated, and genuinely interested in software quality and continuous improvement.
• Comfortable discussing quality levels, delivery risks, and test estimates with technical and business stakeholders.
• Open to giving and receiving feedback and improving team processes through Agile ceremonies and team discussions.
• Good understanding of end-to-end software delivery in Agile/Scrum environments.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on TypeScript experience for Playwright-based automation.
• Experience working in banking, payments, reporting, billing, or fee-processing systems.
• Experience assessing release readiness and presenting feature demonstrations to internal customers or cross-team stakeholders.
• ISTQB certification

We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a top 10 multinational bank in Romania.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

About the Company

IntelSol is a leading recruitment agency specializing in connecting top talent with top companies in Romania. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional recruitment solutions and fostering long-term partnerships with our clients.