Senior QA Engineer

More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe's leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.

We're on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

Our QA Center of Practice (CoP) is the hub for quality excellence, driving best practices, innovative testing, and continuous improvement across all products. We provide expert consultation, cutting-edge tools, and scalable solutions to empower product teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.

We're seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain advanced automation frameworks across multiple platforms. You'll act as a technical leader, mentor engineers, shape our automation strategy, and ensure high-quality, scalable solutions with organization-wide impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Frameworks: Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of automated testing frameworks (UI, API, mobile, performance) from scratch or by enhancing existing ones.

• Strategy: Collaborate with QA Leads, Engineering Managers, and Product Owners to define and execute automation roadmaps aligned with CoP objectives.

• Leadership: Provide mentorship, guidance, and technical expertise to QA Automation Engineers, fostering skill growth and best practice adoption.

• Tools & Methods: Research, evaluate, and recommend automation tools, technologies, and methodologies to improve efficiency.

• Test Development: Create, execute, and maintain automated test scripts for complex features with comprehensive coverage.

• CI/CD: Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for faster feedback and accelerated delivery.

• Reporting: Develop clear reporting on test results, providing actionable quality insights.

• Standards: Promote coding standards, design patterns, and maintain documentation for automation guidelines.

• Troubleshooting: Debug automation failures, identify root causes, and implement sustainable fixes.

• Collaboration: Work closely with developers, PMs, and QA peers to align on quality requirements.

• Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to CoP knowledge sessions and training initiatives.

• 5+ years in QA with strong focus on automation.

• Knowledge of software testing theory.

• Proven ability to build and maintain automation frameworks using Java, Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python.

• Expertise with frameworks/tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, JMeter, Gatling.

• Strong understanding of API testing (Postman, Rest Assured).

• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins).

• Familiarity with cloud testing platforms (e.g., BrowserStack).

• Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Understanding of microservices and event-driven architecture.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.

• Strong communication and mentoring abilities.

• Comfortable working independently and in agile teams.

With more than 1,000 passionate professionals located across 6 European offices, we believe our success comes from working together and leveraging our international strengths. Expect a hybrid work setup: 60% in-office, 40% remote, collaborating with colleagues across locations.

Our benefits:

20% discount in our zooplus shop

Internal and external training

Team events

#LI-Hybrid

28 Annual Vacation Days

Private Medical Health Insurance

Hybrid working model (up to 40%Home Office per month)

zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all Team Members.