Senior QA / Quality Engineer

YTEC; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training budget

25 vacation days

Pension plan

Company laptop and phone

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working

Team outings

Job summary

YTEC seeks an experienced QA engineer to define, improve, and maintain QA processes across multiple projects in a hybrid Dutch setting. You will design test strategies, perform diverse testing types, and collaborate with developers, PO, PM, and customers to boost software quality.

You will drive test automation initiatives, ensure release readiness, and foster a quality-first mindset while delivering pragmatic QA solutions across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in software testing and quality assurance.
• Experience creating test plans, test cases, and test strategies.
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, acceptance, and exploratory testing.
• Experience testing APIs and backend systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• A proactive mindset and strong sense of ownership.
• Attention to detail combined with pragmatic decision-making.
• You genuinely care about software quality.
• You identify problems before customers doYou take initiative rather than waiting for instructions.
• You continuously improve your knowledge of testing methodologies and tools.
• You help developers and teams become better, not just report bugs.
• You can balance quality standards with practical business realities.
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Insomnia.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience working in custom software development or software agencies.
• A basic understanding of software architecture, databases, and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Define, improve, and maintain QA processes across multiple projects
• Design test strategies and test plans based on project risks and requirements
• Perform functional, integration, regression, acceptance, exploratory, and API testing
• Identify risks early and proactively prevent quality issues
• Work closely with developers, product owners, project managers, and customers
• Help teams improve quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle
• Contribute to test automation initiatives and quality tooling
• Improve release readiness and deployment confidence
• Promote a quality-first mindset within the organization

Skills

Test planning

Functional testing

API testing

Test automation

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

English communication

Ownership mindset

Problem solving

QA knowledge

Databases

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

Job description

Your mission

• Define, improve, and maintain QA processes across multiple projects
• Design test strategies and test plans based on project risks and requirements
• Perform functional, integration, regression, acceptance, exploratory, and API testing
• Identify risks early and proactively prevent quality issues
• Work closely with developers, product owners, project managers, and customers
• Help teams improve quality throughout the entire software development lifecycle
• Contribute to test automation initiatives and quality tooling
• Improve release readiness and deployment confidence
• Promote a quality-first mindset within the organization

Your profile

• At least 5 years of experience in software testing and quality assurance
• Experience creating test plans, test cases, and test strategies
• Experience with functional, integration, regression, acceptance, and exploratory testing
• Experience testing APIs and backend systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Excellent communication skills in English
• A proactive mindset and strong sense of ownership
• Attention to detail combined with pragmatic decision-making
• You genuinely care about software quality
• You identify problems before customers doYou take initiative rather than waiting for instructions
• You continuously improve your knowledge of testing methodologies and tools
• You help developers and teams become better, not just report bugs
• You can balance quality standards with practical business realities
• Experience with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar;
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Insomnia;
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices;
• Experience working in custom software development or software agencies;
• A basic understanding of software architecture, databases, and integrations.

Why us?

• Challenging custom software projects
• A highly skilled and technical team
• Short communication lines and little bureaucracy
• Significant influence on how quality is approached within the company
• Opportunities to improve processes and shape QA standards
• A culture that values expertise, ownership, and continuous improvement
• A competitive salary based on experience
• A training budget to further develop yourself through courses, certifications, an events;
• 25 vacation days to ensure sufficient rest and relaxation;
• An attractive (optional) pension plan in which we double your contribution;
• A company laptop and phone;
• Flexible working hours that you can arrange yourself;
• Hybrid working is fully supported
• Fun outings with your team and the chance to challenge your colleagues to a game of table tennis, chess, or pool.