Software QA Automation Engineer

Merlin Digital Partner; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Merlin Digital Partner is partnering with a fast-growing HealthTech company to recruit a Senior Software QA Automation Engineer. The role focuses on owning the testing strategy, building robust automation frameworks and ensuring release validation across the software lifecycle.

You will collaborate with Backend, Frontend and Embedded teams to drive quality and scalable testing in a connected health platform.

Formación

• 5+ years of professional experience in QA Automation, Software Engineering or Quality Engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience designing, developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs, backend services and web applications.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, end-to-end and regression testing.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows.
• Experience participating in code reviews and proactively identifying potential quality risks.
• Strong debugging, analytical and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Professional English level.
• On-site availability 3–4 days per week.

Responsabilidades

• Define and own the software QA strategy across the product lifecycle.
• Plan and execute validation processes before production releases.
• Define release acceptance criteria and quality gates.
• Perform functional, regression and integration testing.
• Identify quality risks early and help prevent production issues.
• Design, build and maintain automated testing frameworks.
• Increase automated test coverage across backend services, frontend apps and APIs.
• Develop and evolve unit, integration and end-to-end testing strategies.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to improve code quality and testability.
• Review software changes and identify potential quality risks.
• Analyze bugs, reproduce issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Define and monitor quality metrics such as test coverage and release quality.
• Analyze production issues via logs, metrics and monitoring tools.
• Promote testing best practices and a quality-first engineering culture.
• Continuously improve testing processes and automation workflows.

Conocimientos

QA Automation

Python

REST API testing

CI/CD integration

Agile methods

Debugging

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Herramientas

Pytest

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

Git

CI/CD tools

Descripción del empleo

We are Merlin Digital Partner! A leading IT and Digital headhunting company who stands out from the crowd, boasting over a decade of experience. We've successfully collaborated and played a pivotal role in the growth of industry heavyweights such as Wallapop, Glovo, Banc Sabadell, and Duracell, among others.

Our emphasis lies in people-centric approaches and optimizing the selection processes. Our mission is to revolutionize companies by seamlessly integrating top-tier talent. What sets us apart is our in-depth understanding of each partner (being their best influencer!), addressing not only their needs but also capturing their essence.

Our partner is a fast-growing HealthTech company developing connected technologies at the intersection of hardware, embedded systems, IoT, AI and digital health. Their technology transforms everyday environments into intelligent health platforms, enabling seamless and continuous health monitoring.

We are currently looking for a Senior Software QA Automation Engineer to join their Engineering team and help ensure the quality, reliability and scalability of their next generation of connected health products.

Mission:

As a Senior Software QA Automation Engineer, your mission will be to own and evolve the testing strategy, automation frameworks and release validation processes across the software development lifecycle.

You will play a key role in increasing automated test coverage, identifying risks early and ensuring products are robust, scalable and production-ready.

Working closely with Backend, Frontend, Embedded and Product teams, you will help build a strong quality culture across Engineering, ensuring that quality is embedded throughout the development process rather than treated as a final validation step.

The Role:

You will be responsible for:

• Defining and owning the software QA strategy across the product lifecycle.
• Planning and executing validation processes before production releases.
• Defining release acceptance criteria and quality gates.
• Performing functional, regression and integration testing.
• Identifying quality risks early and helping prevent production issues.
• Designing, building and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
• Increasing automated test coverage across backend services, frontend applications and APIs.
• Developing and evolving unit, integration and end-to-end testing strategies.
• Integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Working closely with Engineering teams to improve code quality and testability.
• Reviewing software changes and identifying potential quality risks.
• Analyzing bugs, reproducing issues and performing root-cause analysis.
• Defining and monitoring quality metrics such as test coverage, regression stability, production incidents and release quality.
• Analyzing production issues through logs, metrics and monitoring tools.
• Promoting testing best practices and a quality-first engineering culture across teams.
• Continuously improving testing processes, automation workflows and engineering practices.

What we need:

• Strong 5+ years of professional experience in QA Automation, Software Engineering or Quality Engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Proven experience designing, developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs, backend services and web applications.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, end-to-end and regression testing.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows.
• Experience participating in code reviews and proactively identifying potential quality risks.
• Strong debugging, analytical and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience working closely with developers and multidisciplinary teams in Agile environments.
• A strong understanding of how to build maintainable, scalable and reliable testing strategies.
• Professional English level.
• Disponibilidad para acudir a oficinas 4-3 días a la semana.

Nice to Have

• Experience with automation frameworks such as Pytest, Playwright, Selenium or Cypress.
• Experience testing REST APIs and system integrations using tools such as Apidog, Postman or Insomnia.
• Experience with code quality and test coverage tools such as SonarQube, Codecov or Coverage.py.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Experience with performance and load testing using tools such as Locust or JMeter.
• Experience with application monitoring and error tracking tools such as Sentry.
• Experience analyzing logs, metrics and observability data to investigate production issues.
• Previous experience testing IoT products, connected devices or systems combining hardware and software.
• Previous experience in startups, scale-ups or fast-growing technology companies.

What we offer:

• Join a fast-growing HealthTech company building a new generation of intelligent, connected health technologies.
• Work at the intersection of embedded systems, hardware, IoT, cloud, AI and digital health.
• Build technologies powering products already used by leading sports organizations and enterprise customers worldwide.
• Take ownership of high-impact projects, from embedded software development through system integration and production.
• Collaborate with a talented multidisciplinary team across Hardware, Backend, AI, Data and Product.
• Have a visible impact on technical and architectural decisions as the platform and engineering organization continue to evolve.
• Work in a fast-paced environment with a high level of autonomy and ownership.
• Strong opportunities for professional growth and technical leadership as the company scales internationally.
• Competitive compensation based on experience.