QA Automation Engineer (UI & API)

xelerate.tech; Porto; Remote; EUR 48,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly environment

Ownership of quality in a growing Fin/

Company with focus on development

Job summary

Xelerate seeks a QA Automation Engineer to own test strategy and automation for a B2B FinTech customer portal. You will automate UI and API tests on a serverless AWS stack, shaping quality across CI/CD with GitHub Actions.

Deliver robust test designs, validate complex business rules, and collaborate with stakeholders to balance cost and risk coverage while enabling an international, flexible work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a QA or test automation engineer.
• Strong automation in Python and TypeScript.
• Hands-on Robot Framework; Jest experience or willingness.
• Experience testing on AWS and REST APIs/web UIs.
• ISTQB certification or related tools is a plus.
• Fluency in English; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Test Automation: Build and maintain automated UI and API tests with Robot Framework and Jest.
• Test Design: Turn complex business and technical requirements into test specifications across test levels.
• Quality in the Pipeline: Integrate quality into the CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions) in a DevTestOps mindset.
• Serverless Testing: Test serverless, event-driven services on AWS.
• Acceptance: Evaluate test results and support acceptance of increments.
• Strategy & Alignment: Align the test strategy with the client's QA automation engineer.

Skills

QA automation

Python

TypeScript

Robot Framework

Jest

AWS testing

REST APIs

UI testing

CI/CD

English fluency

Tools

Robot Framework

Jest

AWS

Job description

You have the opportunity to join our team and tackle business challenges in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment characterized by close collaboration with business stakeholders.As a QA Automation Engineer, you will own test strategy and automation for a B2B customer portal for a major FinTech in credit risk management. Business customers log in once, land on a shared dashboard and reach all their solutions from there. The portal is already under way and is growing fast.You will be the team's QA engineer, responsible for the quality of everything the team delivers on a modern, fully serverless AWS stack.

Your Role and Responsibilities:

• Test Automation: Build and maintain automated UI and API tests with Robot Framework and Jest.
• Test Design: Turn complex business and technical requirements into test specifications across test levels.
• Quality in the Pipeline: Make quality an integral part of the CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions), in a DevTestOps mindset.
• Serverless Testing: Test serverless, event-driven services on AWS.
• Acceptance: Evaluate test results and support the acceptance of increments.
• Strategy & Alignment: Align the test strategy with the client's QA automation engineer, balancing cost-efficiency with risk-based test coverage.

Your Skills and Experiences:

• 5+ years as a QA or test automation engineer.
• Strong test automation in Python and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with Robot Framework; Jest experience or willingness to pick it up quickly.
• Experience testing applications on AWS.
• Experience testing REST APIs and web UIs.
• Ability to analyse complex rules and use test scenarios to document them.
• An ISTQB certification, experience testing event-driven systems (such as SNS/SQS and EventBridge), Dynatrace or OpenTelemetry, or experience with FinTech or B2B portals is a plus.
• Fluency in English (spoken and written); German is a plus.

What you can expect from us:

• Remote-flexible environment
• Real ownership of quality on a growing product
• A modern, fully serverless stack
• Highly attractive salary and benefits
• Great work-life balance and flexibility
• You will be part of a company where commitment, quality, and continuous improvement are core principles of our culture
• Highly engaged tech community
• International career opportunities
• Focus on individual development

About us:

xelerate.tech is passionate about software, tech, and people. We aim to attract the most talented engineers to deliver high-quality software products through highly performant teams.