Senior QA Automation Engineer - SDET (Java)

Location: Remote — Georgia, Armenia, Cyprus, Serbia, or Bulgaria. Remote or hybrid work options may depend on location.

Salary: €69,000–€93,400 gross per year.

Company

hirify.global develops database technology used across enterprise deployments, public clouds, Linux distributions, and modern application development.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests and support frameworks for functional and performance testing.
• Participate in release testing and improve the release validation process.
• Validate new product features, bug fixes, and performance improvements.
• Investigate complex issues involving distributed transactions, replication, networking, storage, and cluster management.
• Design automation solutions that reduce manual effort and improve team productivity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance and test automation, or software engineering.
• Strong Java programming skills and knowledge of the Java ecosystem.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests and frameworks.
• Experience testing distributed or backend systems.
• Solid understanding of at least three of the following: multithreading, concurrency, networking, distributed systems concepts, transactions, and consistency models.

Nice to have

• Experience with NoSQL and/or distributed databases, especially Apache Ignite or GridGain.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with hirify.global or other relational databases.
• Experience with modern AI tools and applying them to improve engineering productivity.
• Experience with performance testing, profiling, and troubleshooting complex systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Globally distributed team with remote or hybrid work options depending on location.
• Projects involving large-scale database systems and technically challenging engineering work.
• 25 days of paid annual leave plus holidays.
• Competitive pay and a culture focused on creativity and clean engineering.
• hirify.global does not sponsor work visas or relocation.

Hiring process

• Submit an application with a CV or resume through Greenhouse on the hirify.global Careers site.
• Agency resumes are not accepted without a prior contractual agreement with HR; do not send resumes directly to recruiting aliases or employees.
• Accommodation requests for the application or interview process can be made to the recruiter.