Jobs in Bologna, Italy

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We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to take ownership of quality across web, mobile, and API platforms. This role focuses on designing and executing a balanced QA strategy that combines strong automation with effective manual testing.

You will play a key role in ensuring reliable authentication flows, critical user journeys, and high‑quality releases by embedding testing into the development lifecycle and CI/CD pipelines. The role suits someone who is detail‑oriented, thorough, and comfortable operating in a balanced, collaborative working style.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites covering functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Implement and maintain automated regression test runs integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure coverage of authentication flows, API endpoints, and critical user journeys.
• Collaborate with developers to implement and support unit testing frameworks.
• Execute manual exploratory testing to complement and extend automated coverage.
• Perform cross-browser, cross-device, and responsive design testing.
• Conduct API testing using appropriate tools and frameworks.
• Execute performance and load testing for critical user journeys.
• Test secure authentication and identity flows, including OAuth, SAML, and Azure AD B2C.
• Develop and implement comprehensive QA strategies combining manual and automated approaches.
• Create and maintain test plans based on user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical requirements.
• Define test scope, objectives, success metrics, quality gates, and exit criteria across the development lifecycle.
• Own the regression testing strategy and perform impact analysis for new features.

• 5+ years of experience in Software QA.
• 2+ years of experience with test automation, using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• 2+ years of hands‑on manual testing experience.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining automated test suites.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of API testing and authentication/identity flows.
• Comfortable working across web, mobile, and API‑based systems.
• Detail‑oriented and thorough, with a strong focus on execution and reliability.
• Balanced working style, able to collaborate effectively while owning deliverables independently.

• Experience with performance and load testing tools.
• Exposure to secure identity systems such as OAuth, SAML, or Azure AD B2C.
• Experience contributing to QA process improvements and test strategy definition.

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