Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (m/f/d)

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer with a strong focus on end-to-end (E2E) testing, either using Java-based testing frameworks or Cypress. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing, developing, and executing E2E test automation solutions in fast-paced agile environments. You will play a key role in ensuring the quality and performance of mission-critical applications, working closely with developers, product managers, and other QA team members to deliver high-quality software products.

In This Role You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of E2E automated test scripts using Java-based frameworks (e.g. TestNG, JUnit) or Cypress.
• Design and develop infrastructure testing including load, performance and stress tests and integration in our release cycle.
• Prioritize data-driven risk reduction. Focus testing around known bottlenecks and critical paths: ingestion pipelines, query latency, network and storage performance.
• Develop test plans, test cases, and test strategies for automated and manual testing.
• Drive test automation efforts across the product lifecycle, ensuring robust test coverage and continuous integration (CI) pipeline integration.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business and technical requirements, ensuring thorough testing of features and functionalities.
• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs or performance issues using tools like JIRA.
• Collaborate on evolving testing frameworks that you will adopt, as well as the test suites to ensure the prioritization of our organizations needs and requested features
• Optimize and maintain existing test automation frameworks, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in QA and testing, and apply this knowledge to continuously improve testing processes.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Strong experience in E2E test automation using Java (TestNG, JUnit) or Cypress.
• Proficiency in Java programming or Typescript (for Cypress).
• Hands-on experience with GitHub for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
• Experience with version control systems like Git.
• Solid understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and RESTful APIs.Ability to create clear, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in an Quality Assurance Engineering role
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently, solving problems without requiring external assistance or supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Knowledge on distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud based applications.
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
• Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit and TestNG (for Java) or Jest, Mocha and Cypress (for JavaScript testing).
• Experience with web and API testing

Benefits

Why Join Us?

At Ververica, you will help shape the future of real-time data processing. Join us in a dynamic, collaborative environment where your leadership and expertise will drive our success and define the next era of innovation.