Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Event Streaming)

BUX; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BUX is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Event Streaming) in Amsterdam to own QA for our backend broker and Kafka‑driven systems. You will design, implement, and maintain automated and manual tests for producers, consumers, and event flows, and ensure delivery guarantees and schema compatibility across services.

You will collaborate with Product and Development, participate in design reviews, and help mature QA processes in a fast‑paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with a senior‑level track record in fintech.
• Hands‑on testing experience with Kafka or comparable event‑streaming platforms.
• Strong knowledge of API testing (REST) and microservices/event‑driven architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium and Playwright with TypeScript.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java/Kotlin).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions integration.
• Practical experience with Postman/Newman, Charles Proxy, and Xray (or similar test‑management tooling).
• Comfortable validating data across multiple databases and asynchronous event flows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual tests for Kafka‑based producers, consumers, and event flows.
• Execute manual and exploratory testing where automation is not feasible.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).
• Help build and mature QA processes and standards for event‑driven systems within the squad.
• Apply quality gates and acceptance criteria with Product and Development teams.
• Participate in design reviews to provide QA perspective early in the cycle.
• Monitor quality metrics, test coverage, and defect trends for streaming domain.
• Validate message ordering, delivery guarantees, idempotency, and exactly‑once/at‑least‑once semantics.
• Validate producer and consumer contracts and schema compatibility as services evolve.
• Perform failure‑mode and resilience testing (broker failures, replay scenarios).
• Support test environment setup and data provisioning with DevOps.
• Use approved GenAI tooling with sanitized data to accelerate test design and automation, subject to review.

Skills

Kafka testing

API testing REST

Selenium

Playwright

TypeScript

Java/Kotlin

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Postman/Newman

Charles Proxy

Xray

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Agile / Scrum

Tools

Kafka

Spring Boot

GCP

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Postman

Newman

Charles Proxy

Xray

CloudSQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Event Streaming) to join our BUX team based in Amsterdam.

Our engineering team sits at the heart of the company. We have a well-rounded team that cares about building great products that matter. You'll be part of a modern fintech company where you can try things, break things, fix them, and learn fast. Your work is visible, your input matters, and you help shape both the product and how we build it. We stay close to what's happening in the world of investing and fintech, and we share what we learn. It's a place where you can stretch your skills, contribute to something real, and grow alongside people who take their craft seriously and enjoy building things together.

What you will do

In a fintech environment, reliable event streaming is critical; a missed or duplicated message can affect ledger balances, payment workflows, and compliance. You'll play a hands‑on role in validating the correctness, reliability, and resilience of our Kafka-based event‑driven systems.

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer for our Backend Broker team, your job is to get things done. This could mean:

• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual tests for Kafka-based producers, consumers, and event flows
• Execute manual and exploratory testing where automation is not feasible
• Integrate automated regression, smoke, and integration test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
• Help build and mature QA processes and standards for event‑driven systems within the squad
• Apply quality gates and acceptance criteria in close collaboration with Product and Development teams
• Participate in design reviews for owned features and event schemas to provide a QA perspective early in the development cycle
• Monitor and track key quality metrics, test coverage, and defect trends for the streaming domain
• Validate message ordering, delivery guarantees, idempotency, and exactly‑once/at‑least‑once semantics
• Validate producer and consumer contracts and schema compatibility as services evolve
• Perform failure‑mode and resilience testing — including broker failures, consumer lag, retries, dead‑letter handling, and replay scenarios
• Perform bug triage, reproduction, and prioritization with development teams
• Support test environment setup, data provisioning, and maintenance in coordination with DevOps
• Use approved GenAI tooling with sanitized data to accelerate test design and automation, subject to human review, security policies, and validation of generated tests

Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, GCP, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Kafka, REST APIs, Selenium, Playwright/TypeScript, Postman/Newman, Charles Proxy, Xray, CloudSQL, PostgreSQL

What you need to succeed

We are looking for you if you are passionate about quality in distributed systems, you have strong hands‑on testing skills across event‑streaming platforms, and you thrive in a fast‑paced fintech environment. Furthermore, we require:

• 5–7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with a senior‑level track record of hands‑on testing in the fintech domain
• Hands‑on testing experience with Kafka or comparable event‑streaming platforms
• Strong knowledge of API testing (REST) and microservices/event‑driven architectures
• Hands‑on experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium and Playwright with TypeScript
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java/Kotlin)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integration of automated tests (GitHub Actions)
• Practical experience with Postman/Newman, Charles Proxy, and Xray (or similar test‑management tooling)
• Comfortable validating data consistency across multiple database technologies and asynchronous event flows
• Experience helping establish or mature QA processes for event‑driven systems
• Experience working in a fast‑paced Agile environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross‑functional teams
• This role reports to the Staff QA Engineer

Nice‑to‑haves

• Experience with fintech or financial services testing (financial accuracy, transactional data, regulatory compliance)
• Experience with performance and security testing
• Knowledge of financial regulations and compliance standards (KYC/AML)
• Experience with schema registries and contract testing tools for event‑driven architectures

Why join BUX as a Senior QA Engineer (Kafka)?

• You will have a real impact on quality for a high‑growth fintech company that serves thousands of users
• You will work with event‑streaming technologies that power our core trading and payment flows
• You'll collaborate with experienced, passionate engineers who value quality and continuous improvement
• You'll be part of a company that values your ideas and encourages innovation at every level
• You will help build products that democratize investing and make a real difference in people's financial lives

Read more here about the benefits and perks you receive when you join BUX.

BUX for everyone

At BUX, we’re committed to making investing accessible and affordable for everyone through our intuitive app. We believe that a diverse team with a range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives is key to achieving this mission. By embracing diversity, we strengthen our ability to innovate and serve our customers better.

To fully benefit from our diversity, it’s essential that everyone feels safe, included, and valued. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where each of us can bring our full selves to work and contribute to our shared goals.