Quality Engineer (42811)

I am looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to drive quality engineering practices across modern cloud and data platforms. You will define quality strategies, build automated testing solutions, and ensure reliable, secure, and scalable delivery across web applications, APIs, Azure services, and Databricks workflows. The role combines hands-on test automation, CI/CD quality integration, risk-based testing, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, DevSecOps, and architecture teams in a complex enterprise environment.

🚀 Project
- define, implement, and continuously improve quality engineering practices across products and services
- build confidence in product quality across the full delivery lifecycle from requirements through production operations
- collaborate with developers, architects, DevSecOps engineers, data engineers, security engineers, and project management
- identify quality risks early and drive improvements across engineering practices, tools, and processes
- define quality strategies, test plans, release-readiness criteria, and quality gates
- establish traceability between requirements, test coverage, defects, and release decisions
- design and maintain automated UI and API testing solutions
- validate integrations across frontend, backend, Azure services, Databricks workflows, and external systems
- support CI/CD quality integration and release assurance processes
- validate cloud-hosted applications and services running on Microsoft Azure
- perform performance, resilience, reliability, and security-focused testing
- investigate defects, production incidents, and root causes
- define and track quality metrics and reporting
- mentor quality engineers and support engineering teams in improving automation and testability
- contribute to quality governance in regulated or mission-critical environments

🎯 Skills
- 5+ years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, software testing, or related engineering roles
- experience defining quality strategies, test plans, release-readiness criteria, and quality gates
- risk-based testing and quality governance experience
- strong quality advocacy and preventive quality mindset
- UI test automation using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent
- API automation for REST APIs, service contracts, authentication flows, and integrations
- integration testing across frontend, backend, cloud services, and external dependencies
- regression testing strategy and flaky test reduction
- functional testing for web applications including navigation, role-based behaviour, session handling, and error handling
- security-conscious testing with awareness of OWASP risks including XSS, CSRF, injection, and broken access control
- CI/CD integration using Azure DevOps or equivalent platforms
- experience defining automated quality gates and release criteria
- shift-left quality approach and early lifecycle validation
- testing Azure-hosted applications and services including App Services, Functions, storage, messaging, and identity integrations
- operational quality validation including logging, observability, health checks, and alerting
- performance, scalability, concurrency, and resilience testing
- defect analysis, root cause investigation, and quality metrics reporting
- cross-functional collaboration with engineering, DevSecOps, cloud, and product teams
- mentoring and support for quality engineering best practices
- strong documentation and reporting skills
- excellent written and spoken English

💡 Nice to have
- scalable test automation framework design
- contract testing and service virtualization
- test data management
- exploratory testing mindset
- Azure DevOps including Pipelines and Test Plans
- cloud-native application testing including Kubernetes and microservices
- observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Grafana, or Log Analytics
- infrastructure as code awareness
- Databricks testing and Delta Lake validation
- data quality assurance and analytics validation
- secure delivery awareness including OWASP Top 10 and API security
- compliance-sensitive quality and auditability awareness
- Agile or Scrum experience
- quality leadership and stakeholder communication
- ISTQB Advanced certifications
- Azure certifications
- performance or security testing certifications
- experience with NATO IT/CIS Security or high-assurance environments
- experience in regulated, defense, or mission-critical environments