QA Engineer - Functional & Automation (Healthcare)

TL;DR

QA Engineer - Functional & Automation (Healthcare): Testing and improving cloud-based healthcare products involving backend services, APIs, integrations, and end-to-end clinical workflows with an accent on functional testing, automation, and AI-assisted quality engineering. Focus on designing complex test scenarios, validating distributed data flows, and strengthening release confidence across integration-heavy systems.

Location: Barcelona, Spain; hybrid work with approximately 40% onsite presence and remote work for the remainder.

Company

hirify.global is a global technology consulting company delivering IT solutions, cloud platforms, mobile and web applications, training, and support services for complex industries.

What you will do

• Execute QA activities across healthcare software products and validate new features and implementations.
• Translate product requirements and workflows into functional, regression, exploratory, integration, and end-to-end test scenarios.
• Test REST APIs, backend services, integrations, data flows, error handling, and system behaviour using tools such as Postman and OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Create, maintain, and improve automated test cases and contribute to automation coverage.
• Analyse defects, document reproduction steps, assess impact and priority, and support release validation.
• Collaborate with developers, Product Owners, QA engineers, and technical stakeholders while using AI-assisted tools to improve testing, debugging, documentation, and productivity.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Software QA Engineer working on software products, preferably in complex or integration-heavy environments.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, test design, regression, exploratory and integration testing, and defect management.
• Experience testing backend services and REST APIs with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, or similar tools.
• Experience creating, maintaining, or improving automated test cases and familiarity with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar frameworks.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum teams, GitHub, CI/CD workflows, and cloud environments; AWS knowledge including DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, and Secrets Manager is preferred.
• Professional English proficiency is required.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, digital health, medical software, diagnostics, or regulated environments.
• Knowledge of clinical workflows, healthcare data, or enterprise software platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript.
• Experience with frontend testing, end-to-end automation, cloud-based products, or distributed systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with approximately 40% onsite presence and flexibility to work remotely.
• Every other Friday off to support work-life balance.
• Additional benefits through the seniority program.
• Budget for social activities and team gatherings.
• Training, mentorship, continuous learning, and professional development opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on challenging healthcare technology projects and modern automation practices.

Hiring process

• Cultural fit interview with Talent Acquisition.
• Take-home QA technical assessment.
• Technical interview with the engineering team, followed by a client interview if required for the project.