Senior QA Engineer - Automation & Web API

Alex Staff; España; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Alex Staff seeks a Senior QA Engineer with Automation to join our Engineering team. This role blends manual testing with automation, aiming for roughly a 70/30 automation split in the mid term, and focuses on testing complex UI and API layers.

You will write and maintain automated tests (Cypress preferred), develop test plans, and collaborate with developers in an Agile setting. Strong English is required; Russian or Ukrainian ability is a plus.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as a Manual QA at a senior level.
• Some hands-on experience with QA automation: writing or maintaining automated tests for UI or API scenarios.
• Automation-oriented mindset: comfort with programming concepts and logical problem-solving.
• Understanding of HTTP, HTML, AJAX, JSON, REST APIs, and client-server architecture.
• Basic knowledge of SQL.
• Strong written and spoken English (interviews in English).
• Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian.

Responsibilities

• UI and API testing of complex integrated web applications.
• Developing and refining test plans.
• Writing and maintaining automated tests, primarily using Cypress.
• Close collaboration with developers in an Agile environment.
• Tracking and managing test cases using JIRA, TestRail, and Qmetry.
• Identifying areas where manual testing processes can be automated for reliability and maintainability.

Skills

Manual QA

Automation mindset

REST APIs

SQL basics

English communication

Russian/Ukrainian

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

JIRA

TestRail

Qmetry

Job description

Alex Staff seeks a Senior QA Engineer with Automation to join our Engineering team. This role blends manual testing with automation, aiming for roughly a 70/30 automation split in the mid term, and focuses on testing complex UI and API layers.

You will write and maintain automated tests (Cypress preferred), develop test plans, and collaborate with developers in an Agile setting. Strong English is required; Russian or Ukrainian ability is a plus.