Hybrid QA Automation Engineer — UI/API & CI/CD

DBServices; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

DBServices, a Portugal-Brazil focused tech group, seeks a QA Automation Engineer with solid experience in test automation frameworks, CI/CD, and modern QA practices. Location: Portugal. Work Model: Hybrid – on-site frequency and location to be defined.

You will develop and maintain automated tests for UI, API and integration, build scalable frameworks, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines while collaborating across Dev, QA and DevOps teams.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience in test automation.
• Hands-on experience with at least one modern automation framework (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Robot Framework).
• Experience with API testing (REST Assured, Postman/Newman, SuperTest, or Karate).
• Experience with programming languages (C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
• Experience with Git and software engineering best practices.
• Ability to structure automated tests for reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling valued.
• Experience with Docker and cloud environments is a plus.
• Willingness to work in a hybrid model in Portugal.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and evolve automated test suites covering UI, API, regression, smoke, and integration testing.
• Build scalable test automation frameworks aligned with software engineering best practices.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, and DevOps teams to ensure quality from the early stages of the development lifecycle.
• Identify risks, defects, and opportunities to improve testing processes.
• Document test scenarios, automation strategies, standards, and best practices.
• Contribute to the definition of test strategies and the evolution of QA maturity.
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement initiatives within the quality area.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

API testing

REST Assured

Postman

Programming

CI/CD

Git

Docker

Cloud

Testing strategy

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Job description

DBServices, a Portugal-Brazil focused tech group, seeks a QA Automation Engineer with solid experience in test automation frameworks, CI/CD, and modern QA practices. Location: Portugal. Work Model: Hybrid – on-site frequency and location to be defined.

You will develop and maintain automated tests for UI, API and integration, build scalable frameworks, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines while collaborating across Dev, QA and DevOps teams.