Senior IT Automation & API Test Engineer – Brussels Onsite

Community Consulting; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Consulting is seeking a Senior IT Automation Test Engineer to assure the quality of critical applications in an Agile setting. You will lead API automation, manual and automated UI tests, and end-to-end integration testing, collaborating with analysts, developers and operations engineers.

Onsite Brussels two days per week. You bring a Bachelor’s degree or higher and 7+ years in software testing, with strong API/UI testing, test strategy expertise, and proficiency in Jira, Xray,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant software testing experience, including manual and automated testing.
• Expert knowledge of test strategy definition.
• Advanced experience in API test automation and manual UI testing.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies and processes.
• Experience testing Java services, web services, REST APIs and proxy services.
• Knowledge of XML, XSD, WSDL and related open standards.
• Advanced ability to analyze and model complex processes and workflows.
• Experience with Jira, Xray, ReadyAPI and Playwright.
• Experience with Groovy scripting or equivalent.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong analytical, communication and collaboration skills.
• Fluent English and either French or Dutch, with at least basic knowledge of the other language.
• Availability to work onsite in Brussels two days per week.
• Ability to complete and personally sign the required NDA.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement comprehensive test strategies.
• Review business requirements and functional analysis documents.
• Design, execute and maintain test cases, scenarios and test plans.
• Perform manual and automated UI testing.
• Develop and execute automated API tests.
• Conduct functional, non-functional, integration and end-to-end testing with external partners.
• Track defects, investigate issues and prepare test reports.
• Estimate testing efforts and contribute to project test planning.
• Improve testing processes, deliverables and quality assurance practices.
• Share testing expertise and best practices with project teams.

Skills

APIs testing

UI testing

Test strategy

Agile testing

Jira

Xray

Playwright

Groovy scripting

Communication

Analytical

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

ReadyAPI

XML/XSD/WSDL

Java services testing

Web services testing

Proxy services testing

Jira

Xray

Playwright

Groovy scripting

Job description

Community Consulting is seeking a Senior IT Automation Test Engineer to assure the quality of critical applications in an Agile setting. You will lead API automation, manual and automated UI tests, and end-to-end integration testing, collaborating with analysts, developers and operations engineers.

Onsite Brussels two days per week. You bring a Bachelor’s degree or higher and 7+ years in software testing, with strong API/UI testing, test strategy expertise, and proficiency in Jira, Xray,