Senior Automation QA Engineer (mwd)

CUJU; München; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading sports technology company is seeking a Senior Automation QA Engineer in Munich. This role involves designing and implementing automated tests to ensure quality across backend systems and mobile platforms. Successful candidates will have at least 5 years of test automation experience, particularly in API testing and mobile UI automation. You'll collaborate with different teams to enhance the quality assurance process, contributing to a cutting-edge sports platform. The company offers hybrid working options and a vibrant team environment.

Leistungen

30-day vacation

Competitive compensation

Corporate benefits

Personal development opportunities

Team events and social activities

Qualifikationen

• 5 years of experience in software testing with a strong focus on test automation.
• Solid experience in API test automation ideally with Playwright.
• Hands-on experience with mobile UI automation using Appium.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement and maintain automated tests for business flows.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to improve testability.
• Support manual exploratory testing for backend and mobile apps.

Kenntnisse

Test Automation

API Testing

Mobile UI Automation

Continuous Integration

Communication Skills

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Jenkins

Selenium

Jobbeschreibung

Location : Hybrid Munich / Frankenthal / Hamburg / Duesseldorf / Köln / Remote

Start day 01.01.2026

Make the Unseen seen! Our goal is to reinvent scouting in football and build the #1 global scouting platform for identifying and developing talent. With the help of modern AI technology CUJU enables every young football talent to be seen regardless of origin gender or social background. We create fair opportunities and transparent pathways into professional sports. Our platform connects athletes clubs and organizations worldwide to rethink scouting data‑driven objective and mobile. Together we are shaping the next generation of global talent scouting.

Your Role

As Senior Automation QA Engineer you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that every release of CUJU delivers a smooth and delightful experience to our users. You design, implement and maintain automated tests that validate critical business flows in our backend systems and support the mobile QA team with sustainable UI automation. Working closely with Backend, Mobile QA and Product you translate business requirements into robust automated tests ensuring high quality, reliability and confidence in every release.

Backend Test Automation

• Design, implement and maintain automated API tests
• Cover business logic and service integrations with well‑structured automated tests
• Correlate test failures with application logs and metrics to provide clear actionable defect reports
• Collaborate with backend engineers to improve testability
• Integrate tests into CI / CD pipelines to provide fast reliable feedback
• Plan performance load and reliability tests for backend services with the engineering team
• Define and track relevant quality and performance metrics to monitor system health over time

UI Test Automation

• Support the mobile testing team in building and maintaining mobile UI automation for iOS and Android
• Help identify the most valuable user flows for automation and keep regression suites maintainable and stable

Manual Testing & Collaboration

• Work closely with the mobile testing team to identify which scenarios should be automated vs. tested manually
• Support manual exploratory and regression testing for backend and mobile apps
• Work closely with Product and QA to translate business requirements and acceptance criteria into automated test scenarios
• Communicate test strategies, coverage and results clearly to developers, PMs and other stakeholders

Continuous Improvement

• Continuously refine and improve our automation strategy, tooling and processes
• Participate in sprint planning refinements and retrospectives bringing a strong quality mindset
• Help evolve our overall QA & testing culture (shift‑left quality gates, metrics, etc.)

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in software testing with a strong focus on test automation
• Solid experience in API test automation (ideally Playwright Typescript or similar)
• Hands‑on experience with mobile UI automation (ideally with Appium Java or similar)
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies
• Proven ability to translate business and product requirements into automated test cases and scenarios
• Strong focus on code quality, maintainability and test design
• Experience working with CI / CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines or similar)
• Familiarity with REST / GraphQL APIs, JSON and common debugging tools
• Excellent communication skills in English and a strong team‑player mindset
• Strong focus on code quality maintainability and test design orate with cross‑functional teams

Nice to Have

• Experience working with relational and non‑relational databases (e.g. MySQL, DocumentDB, MongoDB)
• Experience testing event‑driven systems (e.g. message queues, SNS / SQS) and asynchronous flows
• Experience with contract testing (e.g. Pact) or consumer‑driven testing approaches
• Experience with load performance or other non‑functional testing
• Passion for sports data‑driven products or gamified mobile experiences

Benefits

• Work on an exciting sports tech platform blending AI performance and user engagement
• Be part of a growing product team that values quality and innovation
• Shape the QA process and ensure CUJU’s mobile experience is second to none
• Collaborate with a passionate international team that’s redefining digital talent development
• Diverse benefits: 30‑day vacation, competitive compensation, corporate benefits and more
• Work at the intersection of sports and technology with international clubs, partners, athletes or influencers
• Creative freedom & responsibility – actively shape processes, contribute your ideas and make a real impact
• Short decision‑making paths, direct communication, quick decisions and close collaboration with management
• Flexibility – hybrid or on‑site in our Munich office
• Personal development – individual learning opportunities and room to grow beyond yourself
• Team spirit & culture – a young, motivated international team, regular events and a supportive environment

Your Impact

As Senior Automation QA Engineer you will ensure that every CUJU mobile release delivers a flawless and engaging experience to athletes and sports organizations worldwide. Through meticulous testing, attention to detail and proactive collaboration you’ll help maintain the highest standards of quality, usability and performance across iOS and Android platforms. Your work will directly contribute to building trust in CUJU’s digital ecosystem and shaping the future of data‑driven talent development in sports.

Is this your next big play

Are you passionate about sports, communicative and eager to actively shape the future of sports? Then we look forward to your application!

Send us your documents (CV and a motivation letter) directly via the application link.

Key Skills

Continuous Integration, APIs, Jenkins, Junit, Distributed Control Systems, Testng, GAMP, Test Automation, CI / CD, Cucumber, Programmable Logic Controllers, Selenium