Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Test Automation)

Location: Bratislava, Slovakia; hybrid work

Salary: EUR 3,800–6,300 per month for a full-time role, plus performance-based variable compensation and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides reinsurance, insurance, and insurance-based risk transfer solutions, with more than 15,000 employees worldwide.

What you will do

• Own QA activities across the software development lifecycle, including risk-based test planning, test design, execution, regression testing, defect analysis, and test coverage evidence.
• Work with business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, identify gaps and edge cases, and define testable acceptance criteria.
• Test end-to-end business processes, data flows, system dependencies, enterprise applications, REST APIs, services, and connected systems.
• Create and maintain automated tests with the automation QA specialist and improve regression coverage.
• Investigate defects across application logic, interfaces, and underlying data, collaborating with developers and database specialists on root-cause analysis.
• Use SQL and data investigation techniques to validate database changes, transformations, data consistency, and business rules while supporting Agile delivery through Azure DevOps and CI/CD.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional QA experience testing complex, business-critical enterprise applications through functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Ability to read, write, and review automated tests in Java or a similar programming language, including use of AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT for test creation and debugging.
• Hands-on experience with test automation, including UI automation such as Playwright, REST API testing such as REST Assured or Postman, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Experience collaborating with analysts and stakeholders on business requirements and acceptance criteria, identifying gaps, and improving testability.
• Practical SQL skills for querying, comparing, validating, and reconciling data across systems, including data transformations and business rules.

Nice to have

• Experience with Oracle databases, advanced SQL, data reconciliation, or testing database procedures and transformations.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for test management, defect tracking, and release coordination.
• Knowledge of insurance or reinsurance, especially pricing, financial calculations, or reporting processes.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, an ownership mindset, and interest in complex business processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with global and location-specific benefits.
• Performance-based variable compensation in addition to base salary.
• Inclusive workplace supporting equal opportunities, diverse perspectives, professional development, and flexible working.
• hirify.global may use AI-powered tools during application review, with final hiring decisions reviewed by people.