QA Engineer – Automation & API Testing (Remote)

Intermedia

Coimbra, Aveiro, Porto

Hybrid

EUR 28,000 - 42,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Intermedia is seeking a QA Engineer to join our Dev & Engineering team. The role is primarily remote, with occasional visits to Coimbra or Aveiro as needed, and potential future office openings in Porto.

You will help ensure quality, reliability, and scalability across Intermedia products, contributing to both manual and automated testing efforts within an Agile setting. You’ll shape QA practices, collaborate with product managers and designers, and drive automation improvements across frontend,

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or related field.
2–4 years of QA experience in a software development environment.
Strong understanding of QA methodologies, QA processes, and Agile development.
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks and suites.
Hands-on experience with automation tools/frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, TestNG/JUnit.
Experience with API testing tools and methodologies.
Experience using AI tools to support software development or testing, with sound judgment.
Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Java/JS/TS/Python/C#).
Experience with Jira, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern dev workflows.
Ability to write SQL queries for validation and troubleshooting.
Experience testing modern web apps for responsiveness, accessibility, cross-browser compatibility.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Development, Product, and UX to define quality requirements.
Create test strategies, plans, and cases from requirements and designs.
Design and maintain automated test frameworks for frontend, backend, and API testing.
Own and execute automation suites, investigate failures, and drive defects to resolution.
Develop new automated tests and improve automation practices.
Perform manual exploratory, functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
Work with developers to identify root causes and improve quality.
Review automation code and provide guidance to other QA engineers.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and releases.
Document and track defects using Jira and other tools.
Improve QA processes and testing methodologies across apps.