Hybrid QA Automation Engineer — Lisbon/Porto

Hexa Group; Lisboa, Porto; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Mental health support

Continuous learning and certifications

Security training and best practices

Hybrid work model

Childcare vouchers

Team activities

Long-term development

Job summary

Hexa Group seeks a QA Automation Engineer to join a quality engineering team supporting digital insurance solutions. Based in Lisbon or Porto, this hybrid role collaborates with QA engineers to expand automated test coverage and improve software reliability within an Agile environment.

You will design and maintain automated tests using Playwright and Katalon Studio, run in CI with Jenkins, and contribute to test strategy and planning. Proactive knowledge sharing is valued at Hexa Group.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of software testing experience, including at least 3 years in test automation.
• Experience in Agile teams using Scrum.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritize activities and assess testing risks.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a structured approach to problem-solving.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document findings and collaborate effectively.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated tests for functional and non-functional requirements.
• Analyze requirements and product backlogs to identify automation opportunities and contribute to test strategy definition.
• Collaborate with functional QA engineers to increase automated test coverage and reduce manual testing effort.
• Estimate testing activities, establish priorities and contribute to test planning based on quality objectives and delivery risks.
• Develop reusable automated test scripts using appropriate frameworks and programming practices.
• Configure and maintain automated test execution within continuous integration pipelines.
• Identify, document and monitor software defects, ensuring corrective actions are validated through testing.
• Contribute to application validation and user acceptance testing activities.
• Challenge testing assumptions, identify potential quality risks and recommend improvements to test scenarios.
• Share technical knowledge with colleagues and support continuous improvement across the QA team.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout Agile development cycles to support reliable software delivery.

Skills

Test automation

Agile/Scrum

English proficiency

Autonomous working

Analytical skills

Education

Higher education in a relevant field

Tools

Playwright

Katalon Studio

Jenkins

Jira

Xray

Gherkin

Confluence

Job description

Hexa Group seeks a QA Automation Engineer to join a quality engineering team supporting digital insurance solutions. Based in Lisbon or Porto, this hybrid role collaborates with QA engineers to expand automated test coverage and improve software reliability within an Agile environment.

You will design and maintain automated tests using Playwright and Katalon Studio, run in CI with Jenkins, and contribute to test strategy and planning. Proactive knowledge sharing is valued at Hexa Group.