We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer to join our QA team and lead our client's testing initiatives. In this role, you will work closely with product teams to ensure that our client's software products meet the highest quality standards. The position requires a strong understanding of software testing methodologies, automation frameworks, and tools. You will play a key role in driving the adoption of best practices in testing and quality assurance, ensuring that our client’s systems deliver top performance and reliability. Your responsibilities will include creating test plans, developing testing strategies, implementing test automation, researching new tools, and applying QA best practices.Project Duration: We are looking for new team members to start in February. This is a temporary role planned for 6 to 9 months (minimum 6 months).You + Miquido =collaborate with Technical Product Owners, Software Architects to plan testing initiatives by analysis of requirements, technical specifications and design of test plan and test casesimplement test automation strategies for microservice architecture to increase test coverage and reduce manual testing effortsdesign, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks to ensure efficient and repeatable testing processesperform manual testing for complex scenarios where automation is not feasible, ensuring thorough coverage of all system functionalitiesconduct different types of tests including automated end to end, API, contract and performance testsdevelop and maintain test documentation like test plans, test cases, test scriptsidentify, document, and track defects using bug tracking tools, and work closely with developers to ensure timely resolutionintegrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipelines, collaborating with DevOps teams to ensure smooth and reliable deployment processesprovide guidance and mentorship to QA engineers, promoting best practices in testing and quality assurancecontinuously evaluate and improve testing tools to enhance product qualitystay updated on emerging trends, best practices, and tools in software testing and quality assurance, and continuously improve the testing processesmonitor and report on key quality metrics, providing insights and recommendations for improvementsupport timely and high quality delivery of features for product releases in the context of a larger product development organizationYou can be the perfect match for us, if you have: degree and successful industry experience in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering5+ years of relevant work experience in test automation or similar positionvery good experience with manual and automated testing during full development life cycle with a focus on an API testingdeep experience with manual and automated testing - end to end testing, API testing, contract testing, performance testing, exploratory testing and UI testinghands on experience with Pythongood understanding of software systems architecture based on microservicesgood understanding of cloud technologiesknowledge of SQLexperience with building testing plans and strategies, writing test cases, triaging bugsunderstanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) with a focus on Agile methodologiesability to maintain and document testing artifacts and reportsexperience with CI/CD testing integrationexcellent communication and collaboration skillsstrong analytical skills to understand in detail product requirements and its functionality and willingness to get deep understanding of airline domain knowledgestrong problem-solving and prioritization skillsability to share their testing expertise by conducting internal training sessions, advice on best practices or new tools, identify areas for improvement etc.adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies and processesIt can be love at first sight if you also have:experience in AI-powered tools such as GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, Quodo or Katalon StudioWhat do we offer?ambitious, creative, talented & highly experienced teamcontributing to projects for clients all over the worldflexible working hours and a possibility to work remotelyWe value your trust in providing us your data, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. Below you will find the necessary information about the data we collect and process when you send us your CV.The controller of your personal data is Miquido Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością sp. k. with its seat in Krakow, Zabłocie 43a, 30-701 Kraków, Poland (“Miquido”, “We”, “Our” or “Us”).