QA Engineer (Test Automation)

Location: Hybrid, Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal

Company

hirify.global provides mortgage servicing for mortgage and consumer credit portfolios on behalf of national and international financial institutions in the Dutch financial services market.

What you will do

• Analyse requirements, user stories, and risks to define test coverage and testing strategies.
• Design, execute, and document functional, integration, end-to-end, regression, API, front-end, technical, and cross-domain tests.
• Develop, maintain, and improve automated tests and reusable automation frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests, quality gates, and reporting into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage test data and environments, support performance, load, and stress testing, and analyse results.
• Identify and follow up defects, report quality risks and release readiness, and coach colleagues on testing standards and quality engineering practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional level in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or another relevant technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience designing and maintaining automated test solutions.
• Experience with software testing and test automation, including test design, test execution, and maintenance of automated tests.
• Experience with reusable, compliant test data and test environment management.
• Hands-on experience with API testing tools such as Postman or similar.
• Hands-on experience with front-end test automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, FitNesse, or comparable solutions.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automated quality controls.
• Experience with Agile ways of working such as Scrum, Kanban, and/or SAFe.
• Ability to apply risk-based testing and clearly communicate quality risks and test results; excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with performance, load, and stress testing, with JMeter experience strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of risk-based testing and structured methods such as ISTQB and/or TMap.
• Experience within financial services, fintech, or other regulated environments.
• Experience with reusable, compliant test data and test environment management.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work shaped by the needs of the role and team collaboration.
• Competitive salary with a meal allowance.
• Open communication, knowledge sharing, initiative, and a team-driven culture.
• In-depth onboarding and role-specific training.
• Opportunities for professional and personal development in a financial services environment.
• Accessible Matosinhos office with nearby parking and public transport connections.