Quality Assurance Engineer (m/f/d) - remote GER

prologa-1; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Office sites in Halle, Leipzig, Oldenb

JobRad leasing

Benefits portal with partner discounts

Sports and team events

Job summary

prologa-1 is seeking an experienced QA and test automation engineer to own quality assurance across the full software development lifecycle. You will design end-to-end test strategies spanning automated and exploratory testing, UI, API, and integration layers.

You will build and maintain automated tests, work in technical test environments, and promote Shift-Left and Shift-Right practices such as observability and production monitoring. Remote-friendly with multiple office options.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in quality assurance, regression testing, or test automation.
• Strong background in technical test automation using established UI and API automation frameworks.
• Comfort working in technical test environments, including API and console-based testing.
• Experience supporting agile teams across refinement, development, and acceptance testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end test strategies covering automated, exploratory, UI, API, and integration testing, including Shift-Left and Shift-Right practices.
• Develop, extend, and maintain automated tests and test automation frameworks for UI and API testing.
• Work in technical test environments using console and developer tools, creating and manipulating test data and analyzing defects at a technical level.
• Cover API and interface testing and support the full agile lifecycle from refinement through acceptance testing.
• Build and maintain test repositories and test data, and run regular regression testing cycles.
• Contribute to modern QA topics beyond functional testing, including performance and security testing concepts such as threat modeling.
• Act as a quality ambassador by sharing best practices and continuously improving QA processes.

Skills

Test automation

QA strategies

Shift-Left / Shift-Right

Exploratory testing

UI testing

Tools

UI automation frameworks

API automation frameworks

Job description

Role overview

This position sits inside an SAP development team and owns technical quality assurance and test automation across the full software development lifecycle. The engineer develops comprehensive test strategies spanning automated and exploratory testing, UI, API, and integration layers, and applies a Shift-Left approach complemented by targeted Shift-Right practices such as observability and production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end test strategies covering automated, exploratory, UI, API, and integration testing, including Shift-Left and Shift-Right practices.
• Develop, extend, and maintain automated tests and test automation frameworks for UI and API testing.
• Work in technical test environments using console and developer tools, creating and manipulating technical and master test data and analyzing defects at a technical level.
• Cover API and interface testing and support the full agile lifecycle from refinement through acceptance testing.
• Build and maintain test repositories and test data, and run regular regression testing cycles.
• Contribute to modern QA topics beyond functional testing, including a basic understanding of performance and security testing and concepts such as threat modeling.
• Act as a quality ambassador by sharing best practices and continuously improving QA processes.

Requirements

• Several years of experience in quality assurance, regression testing, or test automation within a software development environment.
• Strong background in technical test automation using established UI and API automation frameworks.
• Comfort working in technical test environments rather than only through the UI, including API and console-based testing.
• Experience supporting agile teams across refinement, development, and acceptance testing, with the ability to challenge requirements on testability and completeness.
• Working knowledge of performance and security testing concepts and modern approaches including AI-supported testing.

Benefits and work setup

• Permanent, full-time role with flexible working hours and the ability to work remotely.
• Offices in Halle, Leipzig, Oldenburg, and Walldorf are available for in-person collaboration, team meetings, and events.
• Structured onboarding, personalized professional development, JobRad leasing, and access to a benefits portal with discounts from over 1,000 partners.
• Sports and team events plus summer and Christmas celebrations.