Staff Software Automation Engineer (Java)

TL;DR

Staff Software Automation Engineer (Java): Building and scaling automated testing solutions for podcast backend services, web applications, APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and transactional ad delivery systems with an accent on test framework architecture, end-to-end coverage, and quality ownership. Focus on designing scalable automation infrastructure, solving reliability and performance challenges, and defining release readiness for complex audio advertising products.

Location: Hybrid work in Bucharest, Romania

Company

hirify.global and its AdsWizz subsidiary develop audio entertainment and digital audio advertising products used across global music, podcast, and broadcasting platforms.

What you will do

• Build and evolve backend and frontend test automation frameworks, test data generators, utilities, and performance testing tools.
• Design and execute automated tests covering functional, integration, regression, end-to-end, performance, scalability, stability, and usability scenarios.
• Develop end-to-end testing stacks spanning UIs, APIs, microservices, data pipelines, high-concurrency ad delivery systems, and reporting components.
• Own quality signals, release readiness criteria, risk assessment, and go/no-go recommendations for assigned product areas.
• Lead defect root-cause analysis and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, GTPO, and partner teams while coaching engineers on testability and automation practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a Quality Automation Engineer or Software Developer in Test.
• Strong Java or equivalent object-oriented programming experience and knowledge of software design patterns.
• Experience building scalable automation frameworks and multi-component end-to-end test suites.
• Experience with tools such as Rest-Assured, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Selenium WebDriver, or Playwright.
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, Git, Linux/Unix, and shell scripting.

Nice to have

• Experience with MockServer, WireMock, or similar API mocking and testing frameworks.
• Cloud experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, preferably AWS.
• Experience building CI/CD infrastructure with GitLab pipelines.
• Knowledge of AWS services such as S3, Lambda, EC2, SQS, or Athena.

Culture & Benefits

• Casual and friendly working environment with opportunities to influence products and processes.
• Technology diversity and exposure to audio advertising products.
• Annual bonus, individual training budget, sports bonus, meal tickets, and gift cards.
• Birthday and special-event days off, private medical subscription, and pension fund contributions.
• Company offsites, CSR activities, hardware equipment, and partially subsidized office parking.