QA Automation Engineer

Summary

Join Kodify's remote team as a QA Automation Engineer and contribute to the development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks. This role, open to EU-based candidates, involves collaborating with developers and other QA team members to ensure application quality and reliability through automation. You will design, implement, and maintain robust test automation strategies, integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities include developing automated test suites, identifying and tracking defects, defining QA best practices, and analyzing test results. Kodify offers a fully remote position or the option to work in their Barcelona office, along with various benefits including flexible hours, a learning and development budget, and a generous vacation policy.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in QA automation
• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and related test automation frameworks such as Playwright, TestCafe, Cypress, Webdriver.io, Mocha, Chai, Jest
• Solid understanding of API and web services testing (REST, GraphQL, Postman, or similar)
• Experience integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Familiarity with performance testing tools (Lighthouse, JMeter, K6) and best practices
• Hands-on experience with security testing tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, or similar
• Good understanding of version control workflows (e.g Git)
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, with the ability to provide meaningful insights to developers
• Experience with security testing methodologies, including vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and security automation in CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of common security threats (e.g., XSS, SQL injection, CSRF, authentication vulnerabilities) and how to test for them
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A strong passion for software quality, automation, and security

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test suites for UI, API, and performance testing
• Collaborate with developers and QA engineers to ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Identify, document, and track defects while ensuring their timely resolution
• Assist in defining and implementing QA best practices, including CI/CD integration
• Support and improve automated testing efforts for regression, functional, non-functional, and security testing
• Analyse test results, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to improve software quality
• Ensure automation is scalable and efficient, identifying opportunities for optimisation
• Contribute to performance, stress, and load testing to ensure our applications perform at scale
• Work in an Agile/Scrum development process, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, tools, and industry best practices in test automation and security testing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with TypeScript
• Industry certifications related to security testing (e.g., CEH, OSCP, GIAC)
• Hands-on experience in penetration testing for web applications
• Experience working in high-traffic environments
• Knowledge of Microservices Architecture
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)
• Strong understanding of frontend performance testing
• Previous experience working remotely and within distributed teams

Benefits

• Fully remote position or, if preferred, working in our awesome Barcelona office!
• Agile environment
• Top-notch tech stack!
• Upskill Fridays! Developers take time on Fridays to improve your skills, learn and research new trends that will allow us to level up our stack and processes
• Flexible working hours + core hours!
• 10% on top of your salary for learning and development - of your choice!
• Latest MacBook Pro!
• Company Amazon book account!
• Kodify off-sites, on-sites, events, and team activities!
• Amazing international team!
• 1 day off on your birthday
• Generous vacation and personal days
• 1 month paid sabbatical after 3 years
• Extended parental leave
• Health & Wellness budget