Quality Engineer

Location Madrid, M, ES About the Team and our Scope Our team, a software house within Swiss Re, develops cloud-native (Azure-based) SaaS/PaaS solutions for external Life & Health insurance clients. Our portfolio includes established products like Magnum and those in growth or incubation stages, used globally. We utilize the latest technology and prioritize innovation to stay competitive. Our technical team comprises over 150 professionals with multidisciplinary skills, located in various countries, delivering highly available, multi-regional solutions used worldwide. About role As a Quality Engineer specializing in automation, you will take ownership of the automation strategy within one of our product engineering teams. You will lead to the design, implementation, and evolution of advanced automated testing frameworks, driving continuous improvement in test quality and coverage. You'll act as a mentor for the Quality Engineers, communicate testing outcomes to diverse stakeholders, setting the standard for quality and innovation across the organization. Your responsibilities will be: Proactively lead and manage QA initiatives to ensure high-quality deliverables for our end-clients. Lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of scalable test automation frameworks and suites across multiple product lines under L&H solutions. Evaluate and integrate test automation tools, including build verification systems, IDE plugins, to optimize testing efficiency and reliability. Write and enforce test automation scripts following defined internal coding standards to ensure consistency and maintainability. Collaborate with DevOps and cloud teams to integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and ensure infrastructure reliability. About You Hands‑on experience in test automation, with strong familiarity in CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient test automation and continuous integration. Proven record of executing QA strategies and unification of QA processes. Experience designing automation solutions for complex architectures covering services, files, and databases. Able to perform QA testing across both front‑end (user interface) and back‑end (server, APIs, databases) components of applications. Strong QA experience with a solid background in Enterprise Java technologies. Proficient in Java/J2EE, REST, JUnit/TestNG, and various test automation frameworks. Experience with front‑end web application test automation tools including Selenium, WebDriver, Grid, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, JMeter, BlazeMeter. Experience REST API testing, data validation testing, and integration testing. Hands‑on experience with automation tools and frameworks like WDIO, Coded UI, SoapUI, Postman, Protractor, Rest Assured, TestComplete, and PyTest. Strong experience in compatibility testing and regression testing. Preferable experience in leading and managing automation teams, while providing technical guidance and solutions to support successful delivery. Experience in Azure environment and services, good understanding of Kubernetes and containerization. Salary For Spain, the base salary range for this position is between EUR 42,000 and EUR 70,000 (for a full‑time role). The specific salary offered considers the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, and the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience. In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance‑based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location‑specific benefits. Eligibility Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract. About Swiss Re Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance‑based risk