Job VC

A
Banking & Financial Services
client is launching a new digital platform, and the Automation QA environment is being built
from scratch
. You are joining at day zero: no legacy framework, no accumulated technical debt — you help design and build the automation layer that the whole program will rely on.
You will work in a QA team of 5–7 people, embedded with Product and Engineering.

Engagement:
5–6 months with a strong possibility of extension.
Start:
ASAP.
Format:
mostly remote, with occasional on-site presence in Germany for kickoff and workshops.

What you will do
Build the automation framework together with the QA Architect —
Cypress
for UI/E2E,
REST Assured
for API.
Design and implement
API, Integration, Contract and End-to-End
test suites.
Integrate automated tests into
CI/CD
(GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline) as reliable quality gates.
Set up and maintain cross-browser/device execution via
BrowserStack
.
Contribute to test coverage models, quality metrics and reporting.
Prepare and manage
test data
, including synthetic data where production-like data cannot be used.
Review code from Mid-level engineers and help raise the technical bar of the team.
Work directly with developers on testability, contracts and defect root-cause analysis.

Requirements
5+ years in QA with a strong focus on test automation.
Strong
Banking / Financial Services
experience and comfort working in
regulated environments
.
Hands-on, production-grade experience with
Cypress
and
REST Assured
.
Solid
API Testing
and
Contract Testing
experience.
Experience with
End-to-End
and
Integration
testing on distributed systems.
BrowserStack
or an equivalent device/browser cloud.
Good understanding of the surrounding stack:
Backend:
Java (Spring Boot)
, Node.js
Frontend:
Angular
Mobile:
Flutter
Cloud:
AWS
(Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, Aurora, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS)
CI/CD:
GitHub Actions
, AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CDK
Tools: Jira, Confluence, SonarQube
Experience contributing to a framework/environment built from scratch is a strong advantage.

Nice to have
Synthetic test data
generation and masking approaches.
Databricks / data platform testing exposure.
Performance testing or contract testing tooling (e.g. Pact) in depth.
Mentoring experience.

Mandatory (please read before applying)
You must be
based in Germany
(residence + right to work / valid B2B contracting status).
Fluent German (C1+) is mandatory
— it is the primary working language with the client.
Professional English (B2+) for technical documentation and the extended team.
Applications that do not meet these three criteria cannot be considered.