QA Engineer

IO Associates; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Hybrid; EUR 48,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

IO Associates is seeking a Senior Software QA Engineer to join our growing team in North Rhine-Westphalia with remote working options. You will help modernise healthcare software by ensuring quality across web and mobile platforms.

You will own test strategy, contribute to automation and work closely with engineers in an Agile environment to deliver reliable releases that clinicians and patients can rely on.

Qualifications

• Experience in QA testing web and mobile applications.
• Hands-on automation testing using Selenium/Playwright.
• Familiar with Agile environments and Jira.
• ISTQB Foundation or equivalent knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver dependable releases in an Agile/sprint-based environment.
• Own broad testing across web/mobile, including: Functional and regression testing.
• Performance-focused checks where needed.
• Investigate issues thoroughly and drive improvements so problems do not repeat.
• Build and evolve automation to increase coverage and reduce manual overhead.
• Keep test artefacts clear and current (test plans, cases, evidence), with an appreciation for compliance-minded environments.

Skills

QA Fundamentals

Test Automation

Web & Mobile Testing

Agile / Scrum

Problem Solving

Education

ISTQB Foundation

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Jira

Job description

QA Engineer

Posted on Wednesday, 7th October 2026

Senior Software QA Engineer
Up to 80,000 EUR
North Rhine-Westphalia based (Remote working options possible)

Want to work on software that genuinely matters? where reliability isn't just "nice to have", but something clinicians and patients depend on?

A fast-growing HealthTech start-up is building products that help hospitals run smarter and deliver better care, and they are looking for a Senior Software QA Engineer to join the journey.

This is a role for someone who loves quality, enjoys partnering closely with engineers, and wants to help shape how QA is done in a product-led start-up environment.

In this role:

You will be part of a driven team modernising healthcare with technology and improving how software is designed, built, tested, and released. You will have a voice early in delivery, influence test strategy, and help scale automation so the team can ship with confidence.

Day to Day;

• Helping the team deliver dependable releases in an Agile / sprint-based environment
• Owning a broad testing approach across web/mobile, including: Functional and regression testing, Acceptance testing.
• Performance-focused checks where needed
• Investigating issues thoroughly and driving improvements so problems do not repeat
• Building and evolving automation to increase coverage and reduce manual overhead
• Keeping test artefacts clear and current (test plans, cases, evidence), with an appreciation for compliance-minded environments

Candidate profile:

• Software QA (or a strong mix of QA + development experience)
• Confident testing web and mobile applications
• Solid understanding of QA fundamentals: test design, planning, execution, defect lifecycle
• Comfortable with test automation (tooling may include Selenium/Playwright and common unit/integration frameworks)
• Practical experience working with Agile teams and tools like Jira
• ISTQB Foundation (or equivalent baseline knowledge)
• English (C1+) and German (B2+)