Senior QA Automation SDET

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We're rindus, a People company. We love IT professionals and our
passion is to help and empower our crew to get the best out of themselves, unfold their full potential, and help them grow.
Because
growth is in our mindset, we're doing it since 2017, closely with our German Partners, helping them shape their software development teams.
So far, we have 160+ crew members of 14 different nationalities sailing with us in the open seas. We 're expanding our team and looking for a new rinder to get on board. Are you the next to be reeled in
? ⛴

On behalf of our partner OBI
, we are looking for the best talent to join rindus
. OBI is one of the largest multinational home improvement supplies retailing companies. It is headquartered in Cologne (Germany) and operates 650 stores in Europe, of which 351 are in Germany. You will work in a distributed team from our office in Málaga (Spain).

About the role:
We develop a complex internal web application based on Java and Angular in an AWS cloud environment. We are not looking for a pure tester, but for a technical partner to our developers - someone who elevates our quality standards to the next level and loves automation.
Your responsibilities:

• Test strategy & automation: You are responsible for quality assurance for the backend (Java) and frontend (Angular). Your clear focus is on automating test cases (end-to-end, integration, API) and reducing manual effort.
• Integration into the development lifecycle: You work closely with the team, understand the application lifecycle, and integrate QA components into our CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab).
• Mentoring & coaching: You establish a strong quality mindset within the team. You coach developers on writing better tests (unit tests; current coverage approx. 60%) and provide technical support when QA know-how is lacking.
• Test pyramid: You make strategic decisions about which tests should be implemented as unit, integration, or E2E tests.
• Monitoring: You monitor production issues and ensure that bugs are efficiently reported (Jira) and resolved to minimize side effects when introducing new features.
• UX/UI focus & exploratory testing (nice to have): You bring a passion for excellent user experience. Ideally, you have an eye for design details or a strong interest in developing expertise in UX testing. We prefer candidates who not only test software technically but also perform exploratory testing to uncover usability gaps. Your ability to critically assess the application from a user's perspective is a strong plus.

• Extensive experience
  :
  You are a senior QA professional for web projects and do not require lengthy onboarding into methods and processes.
  • Familiarity with test reporting frameworks and build an automation project from scratch
• Very strong knowledge of Java (for backend tests/API tests).
• Frameworks
  :
  
  Experience with common automation frameworks. What matters most is your ability to quickly familiarize yourself with new frameworks.
  • Frontend:
    Ideally Playwright, but Selenium or Cypress are good alternatives, REST Assured, JUnit.
  • Backend/BDD:
    Experience with Gherkin using Java (or other similar languages).
• Tools & infrastructure
  :
  • Confident handling of Git Lab CI/CD pipelines (It would be a plus if they know how to integrate tests into a Git Lab pipeline.)
  • Experience with AWS environments.
  • Solid SQL skills (Postgre
    
    SQL) for data validation.
  • Proficient use of Jira and Confluence.
• Strong communicator
  :
  You are confident, can defend requirements with developers, and ensure transparency.
• Analytical & precise
  :
  You understand complex business logic and translate it into test scenarios (Definition of Done).
• Hands-on mindset
  :
  You don't wait for tasks - you actively look for weaknesses in code and processes.

⛴ Being part of dynamic and highly motivated international multicultural team of skilled professionals.
☄️ Competitive compensation package.
⚖️ Hybrid working model: the team comes to the office twice per month
⛱ 23 holiday days.
⏰ Flexible schedules with core working hours.
✔️ Private health insurance from day 1.
⛹ Gym Sponsorship.
✏️ English and German language classes.
✊ A young and ambitious team that knows when to work but also when to have fun (Pizza day, Summer event, Padel Tournaments, etc).
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