Senior QA Engineer — AI-Driven, Shift-Left Quality Leader

Frontiers; Madrid; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office presence emphasis

Wellbeing days

Volunteer days

Employee Assistance Program

Learning Hub access

Healthcare & pension benefits

Job summary

Frontiers is rebuilding its Publishing Platform with a manuscript-first approach and embedded AI agents. We seek a Senior Quality Engineer to own validation strategy across the lifecycle, drive testing left, and coach the team on best practices.

You’ll build automated tests, run CI/CD integrated validation, and make risk-based release decisions. Join a diverse, collaborative team shipping high-quality software."

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Quality Engineering / QA with independent validation strategy experience.
• Strong systems thinking to identify risks across component interactions.
• Experience with API testing (REST Assured, Postman) and CI/CD automation.
• Experience with performance testing (k6, JMeter).
• Curiosity about AI-assisted testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive validation strategy independently: what to test, at what level, and how — starting before development begins.
• Define test scenarios covering key flows, edge cases, and risk areas; challenge non-functional requirements (performance, reliability, security).
• Build and maintain automated tests (API, integration, end-to-end) running continuously in CI/CD.
• Own release-readiness calls and post-release checks, using production signals (errors, logs, metrics) to close the loop.
• Coach the team on testing practices, shared quality ownership, and effective use of AI tools.
• Contribute to the wider Quality Engineering community and standards.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Validation strategy

Risk assessment

API testing

CI/CD automation

Performance testing

AI testing tools

Test automation

Tools

REST Assured

Postman

k6

JMeter

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Frontiers is rebuilding its Publishing Platform with a manuscript-first approach and embedded AI agents. We seek a Senior Quality Engineer to own validation strategy across the lifecycle, drive testing left, and coach the team on best practices.

You’ll build automated tests, run CI/CD integrated validation, and make risk-based release decisions. Join a diverse, collaborative team shipping high-quality software."