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Budapest, Magyarország
Onsite
What you will do. A glimpse into your role:
As a QA Automation Engineer, you will play a key role in strengthening our QA capabilities across in‑house DBO applications. You will design, build, and maintain automated tests for backend services, APIs, and UI components, contributing directly to stable, secure, and maintainable software releases.
Working closely with Developers, Product Managers, UX, and DevOps, you will help improve testability, support continuous improvement, and grow our automation maturity as you move toward senior‑level ownership.
Every action has an impact. You will make a difference here if you:
Analyse incoming requirements for completeness, consistency, and testability, challenging assumptions with a strong “what if?” mindset.
Design, implement, execute, and maintain manual and automated test suites across API and UI layers using our enterprise automation framework.
Apply clean test design principles to ensure test stability, readability, scalability, and long‑term maintainability.
Contribute to risk‑based test planning and actively participate in exploratory testing sessions to uncover issues beyond scripted flows.
Support secure‑by‑design validation, identifying potential vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle.
Use logs, dashboards, reports, and metrics to evaluate system behavior and detect issues, patterns, or anomalies.
Document, track, validate, and re‑test defects in JIRA, collaborating closely with Developers to reproduce issues and verify fixes.
Collaborate continuously with Product Managers, Developers, QA Engineers, UX, and DevOps to align on quality strategy and release readiness.
Work with relational data structures, supporting test‑data preparation and validation aligned with MSSQL schemas.
Leverage the automation framework’s built‑in capabilities for test execution, reporting, and scalable runs.
Leverage AI‑assisted tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot or built‑in AI features) to generate test stubs, accelerate coverage, assist script maintenance, and analyse logs.
Contribute to process improvements, automation‑framework enhancements, and QA documentation.
Optionally contribute through inner‑sourcing to shared test‑automation framework adapters and utilities if you enjoy working “under the hood”.
Focus on measurable quality outcomes, including coverage effectiveness, early defect detection, and automation ROI.
Key competencies to empower your journey. You'll drive toward success if you bring:
Core Skills
Strong hands‑on experience in Java automation development, writing stable and maintainable test code.
Good understanding of TypeScript and JavaScript for frontend testing and debugging.
Solid knowledge of BDD practices (Gherkin / Cucumber) for structured and readable scenario design.
Strong experience with REST API test automation, covering request flows, payload validation, integration checks, and error handling.
Practical knowledge of UI test automation using tools such as Selenium or Playwright.
Working experience with MSSQL, including queries, joins, and validation of test data.
Basic understanding of RabbitMQ and testing message‑flow scenarios.
Experience testing in containerized environments (Docker & Kubernetes).
Awareness of security principles, OWASP basics, and common vulnerability patterns.
Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and troubleshooting pipeline failures.
Familiarity with AI‑assisted testing, generating test ideas, speeding up coverage, and supporting analysis.
Preferable Skills
Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling).
Contract testing experience.
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
Experience working with payment or financial systems.
Qualifications and education requirements
University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
ISTQB Foundation certification is preferred.
Strong English communication skills (written and verbal).
Experience
Approximately 3–5 years of experience in software testing / QA with hands‑on automation.
Experience working in Agile development environments.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross‑functional agile teams.
Reporting and collaboration
Reports to: Development Lead
Works closely with: Developers, QA Engineers, Product Owners, UX, and DevOps teams
Together, we go further:
At Global Blue, great work happens when talented people come together in a supportive and inspiring environment. Here’s what you can expect:
A role in a fast‑growing, international company
Opportunities for professional development and career growth
A multicultural workplace, collaborating with colleagues worldwide
Inspiring team members and a dynamic, forward‑thinking culture
You’ll also enjoy a range of employee benefits, including:
Employee referral program
Team‑building activities and events
Annual Christmas Party and more
We foster career growth through internal mobility, embrace an Agile Working Model, and support work‑life balance.
Committed to sustainability, we focus on creating positive impacts for employees, clients, and communities. Guided by our 5 Ways of Working, we value client satisfaction, collaboration, innovation, and shared success.
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