QA Engineer

Jobtailor; Łódź; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Łódź, Poland is seeking a QA Engineer with 3+ years of commercial experience to design and execute manual and automated tests, and to develop end-to-end automated tests using Playwright.

You will collaborate with developers, Product Owners, UX designers, and DevOps engineers to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle, perform API testing, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while driving quality improvements across the product.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial experience as a QA Engineer.
• Strong communication skills, a proactive mindset, and a willingness to learn
• Ability to translate requirements into effective test coverage and identify risks
• Good understanding of software development practices and collaboration with engineering teams
• Hands-on experience in manual and automated testing, with the ability to identify risks, analyze issues, and drive quality improvements
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Xray
• Familiarity with BDD and Gherkin
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Good understanding of REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Swagger
• Responsible use of AI‑assisted tools, with strong critical thinking and validation of AI-generated outputs

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases
• Develop and maintain end-to-end automated tests using Playwright
• Collaborate closely with developers, Product Owners, UX designers, and DevOps engineers to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios and test coverage
• Perform API testing for REST services and validate system integrations
• Test distributed systems and services communicating asynchronously through queues and message brokers
• Identify, document, and track defects while driving them to resolution
• Contribute to improving QA processes, test automation, and CI/CD pipelines
• Support the team in building a quality-first engineering culture

Skills

QA testing

Effective communication

Agile/Scrum

Willingness to learn

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Xray

Playwright

REST APIs

OpenAPI

Swagger

BDD

Gherkin

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases
• Develop and maintain end-to-end automated tests using Playwright
• Collaborate closely with developers, Product Owners, UX designers, and DevOps engineers to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios and test coverage
• Perform API testing for REST services and validate system integrations
• Test distributed systems and services communicating asynchronously through queues and message brokers
• Identify, document, and track defects while driving them to resolution
• Contribute to improving QA processes, test automation, and CI/CD pipelines
• Support the team in building a quality-first engineering culture

Requirements

• 3+ years of commercial experience as a QA Engineer
• Strong communication skills, a proactive mindset, and a willingness to learn
• Ability to translate requirements into effective test coverage and identify risks
• Good understanding of software development practices and collaboration with engineering teams
• Hands‑on experience in manual and automated testing, with the ability to identify risks, analyze issues, and drive quality improvements
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Xray
• Familiarity with BDD and Gherkin
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Good understanding of REST APIs, OpenAPI, and Swagger
• Responsible use of AI‑assisted tools, with strong critical thinking and validation of AI-generated outputs

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in manual and automated testing, with a strong focus on developing end-to-end automated tests using Playwright and performing API testing for REST services. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle and contributes to continuous improvement in QA processes and CI/CD pipelines.