Senior QA Automation Engineer

📎 About the company

Akveo is an IT company specializing in web, mobile, low-code, and AI solutions for clients in the USA and Europe. We develop high-quality software products that help businesses automate processes and implement innovations. We are actively expanding into AI-driven solutions, using artificial intelligence to enhance our products and services.
Akveo is a team of 100+ professionals, with development centers in Poland and Lithuania and representatives in the US.

Project vision

The client will replace its current SAP cloud solution with a purpose-built, cloud-native ERP platform that manages the end-to-end lifecycle of the pawn business. The new solution will eliminate media breaks, reduce manual work and customization overhead, and provide a scalable foundation for branch expansion, while improving data quality, reporting, and financial control.

Tech stack

Frontend: React (Next.js)
Backend: Node.js
CI/CD: Bitbucket Pipelines, cron jobs in Azure, Argo CD
Cloud: Azure
AI: Claude (subscriptions provided by the client)
Tools: Jira, Confluence

Project highlights

Long-term engagement. The project is planned to run at least through the end of 2027, with strong potential for continuation.
Client based in Germany.
Distributed team. The team currently includes a CTO, an architect, a designer, and a product owner, and will grow as the project scales.
The project is well documented.

Gherkin acceptance criteria. Every major ticket has acceptance criteria written in Gherkin.

Requirements

TypeScript / JavaScript
Experience with UI E2E test automation
Playwright
Experience building a test automation framework from scratch
Experience with BDD / Gherkin
Ability to define a testing strategy: what to automate and at which level, and how to prioritize regression by business risk
Experience setting up regression in CI from scratch, including parallel runs, scheduling, reporting, and failure notifications
Experience maintaining a large regression suite, including handling flaky tests, controlling execution time, and managing a test data strategy
Active use of AI tools in daily work, backed by strong core skills: you can write and debug tests without AI, review everything that is generated, and take full ownership of test coverage and quality
Independence: there are no other QA automation engineers on the project, so you make decisions yourself and align them with the architect
English: B2 or higher
German (B1+) is an advantage, but not a requirement.

Key responsibilities

Build a UI E2E test framework from scratch based on Gherkin scenarios from tickets
Automate business scenarios (clients, users, contracts, access rights) rather than technical features
Set up a daily full regression run
Analyze failed runs and report defects

What we offer

⚡ Quick hiring process: 1 screening call + 2 interviews

🌴 20 working days of vacation

💊 5 sick days

🏔️ Flexible work schedule and the option to work from any convenient location

💙 Loyal clients who trust our technical expertise and give us freedom for professional self-expression

📚 Compensation for training and certification

🐣 Performance review system with meetings every 6 months, plus regular 1:1s