Senior QA with solid experience in Test Automation

Strands; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading fintech company in Madrid is looking for a Senior QA to manage test automation strategies and mentor a team. Candidates must have over 5 years of experience in QA automation and a strong background in Java. The role offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and professional growth opportunities.

Servicios

Competitive salary

Opportunities for growth

Private health care insurance

Gym free pass

Flexible working hours

Snacks and food

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in QA Automation within complex software ecosystems.
• Strong proficiency in Java for building automation frameworks.
• Experience with performance testing and monitoring.

Responsabilidades

• Empower QA Team with knowledge in automation.
• Establish KPIs to monitor product quality.
• Drive continuous improvement of testing frameworks.

Conocimientos

Test Automation

Java

REST Assured

API Testing

Continuous Improvement

Problem-solving

Bilingual (Spanish and English)

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

PostgreSQL

Oracle DB

Jenkins

Git

Bitbucket

Descripción del empleo

ABOUT STRANDS

Join the team, make an impact!

Would you like to work for a robust, established, leading international Fintech?

Strands is a fintech company with almost 20 years of experience in Open Finance, Machine Learning, and AI. Our mission is to enhance customer engagement for financial institutions. As a part of the CRIF group of companies, we are committed to creating highly-personalized digital money management solutions that help people to better manage their lives and their businesses, and to make better financial decisions.

We, at Strands, are committed to create cutting-edge products that meet the needs of the financial sector, and talent is essential to achieve this goal. We are looking for passion, creativity, and commitment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

If you are seeking an opportunity to combine your technical skills as well as managerial competencies, driving the testing strategy for our product across multiple teams having a mission-critical role in delivering a high-quality innovative solution, Strands is waiting for you!

As a Senior QA with solid experience in Test Automation, you will help to empower our QA Team with your knowledge and experience in test automation as well as manual testing, mentoring the Team with passion, vision and innovative mindset, keep on improving our testing framework with a strong focus on automation, establish clear and measurable KPIs to monitor the quality of our product development lifecycle

You are proficient in...

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

5+ years of experience in QA Automation within complex software ecosystems

Strong proficiency in Java (or another OOP language) for building and maintaining automation frameworks

Hands-on experience with REST Assured, TestNG (or similar), and Maven

Proven experience designing and executing end-to-end (E2E) test flows across multiple components

Solid understanding of API testing, distributed systems, and microservices architecture

Experience working with data-driven testing, test parametrization, and reusable automation components

Good knowledge of SQL with practical experience in databases (ideally PostgreSQL and Oracle DB)

Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket)

Ability to lead technical initiatives in QA automation

Mentor and support other QA Engineers in improving their automation and technical skills

Drive continuous improvement of testing frameworks, tools, and processes

Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and product teams to ensure high-quality deliverables

Kafka knowledge

Exposure to financial or fintech systems (e.g., invoicing, accounts)

Experience with performance testing and monitoring

Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking

Good communication skills (written and spoken)

Bilingual Fluency : Professional working proficiency in both Spanish and English

Ability to balance hands-on technical work with guiding and influencing the team

You'll love it because you will get...

• Competitive salary;
• Opportunities for professional growth and development;
• A collaborative and supportive work environment;
• Private health care insurance;
• Gym free pass;
• Meal vouchers;
• Subscription to unlimited online training courses by Udemy;
• Flexible working hours;
• Snacks and food, Fresh organic fruit, drinks, tea, coffee and juices;
• Cutting-edge technologies;

Hybrid model of working from home and office attendance.

Don’t hesitate to apply even if you are not sure to cover all requirements, we would love to see your profile!