dentsu Austria

Senior Test Automation Engineer

dentsu Austria

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Zürich • Switzerland

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AndroidAngularCypressFirebaseGraphQLiOSJMeterKotlinPythonReactSwiftTypeScript

About the role

  • Define and own the end-to-end test automation strategy across mobile (iOS & Android) and web e-banking channels
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable test frameworks using industry-standard tooling (Appium, Detox, XCUITest, Espresso, Playwright/Cypress)
  • Establish test pyramid guidelines — unit, integration, E2E — and drive adoption across squads
  • Lead risk-based test planning for regulated financial features (payments, authentication, account management)
  • Implement and maintain automated UI and functional test suites for native iOS (Swift/ObjC) and Android (Kotlin) apps
  • Integrate mobile test runs into CI/CD pipelines (Bitrise, GitHub Actions, Fastlane)
  • Configure and manage device farms (Browserstack, Firebase Test Lab, or on-premise device pools)
  • Validate biometric authentication flows, deep links, push notifications, and offline behaviour
  • Build robust cross-browser E2E and component test suites for the web banking portal (React/Angular)
  • Implement accessibility testing (axe-core, WCAG 2.1 AA) and ensure compliance across supported browsers
  • Create and maintain API/contract tests (REST & GraphQL) to decouple frontend from backend test cycles
  • Integrate automated tests into CI pipelines ensuring fast, reliable feedback on every pull request
  • Define and monitor quality metrics: test coverage, flakiness rates, defect escape rates, and mean-time-to-detect
  • Implement performance and load testing for critical banking transactions using k6 or JMeter
  • Coordinate with the security team on automated OWASP-aligned security checks embedded in CI
  • Validate encryption, certificate pinning, and secure storage on mobile in line with Swiss financial regulations (FINMA guidelines)
  • Support audit and compliance activities with test evidence, traceability matrices, and reporting.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of professional experience in test automation, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead QA role
  • Proven hands-on expertise in both mobile (iOS + Android) and web test automation
  • Strong programming skills in Python or TypeScript; ability to write clean, maintainable test code
  • Experience with CI/CD integration of automated test suites in a real production environment
  • Solid understanding of software testing principles: test pyramid, BDD, risk-based testing
  • Experience working in agile teams on complex, multi-platform digital products
  • Background in financial services, banking, or another regulated industry (Strong Plus)
  • Experience with SAFe at scale or multi-team test coordination (Strong Plus)
  • Knowledge of FINMA digital banking guidelines or PSD2/open banking testing requirements (Strong Plus)
  • Hands-on experience with performance and security testing (Strong Plus)
  • ISTQB Advanced Level (Test Analyst or Technical Test Analyst) certification (Strong Plus)
  • German: Fluent (B2+) — primary working language of the team and documentation
  • English: Business proficient — tooling, frameworks, and international collaboration
  • French or Italian: Advantageous for our multilingual (DE/FR/IT/EN) product testing scenarios.
Benefits
  • 25 days of holidays
  • 2 volunteer days for charitable activities
  • Mental Health: Benefit from 3 extra wellness days on top of your vacation days and a Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program to support your well-being
  • 40-hour week & overtime compensation
  • Flexible working hours model (flextime)
  • Independent home office management
  • State-of-the-art, creative office space with ergonomically equipped workstations
  • Pet friendly offices (Zurich and St. Gallen)
  • Full access to Dentsu Academy, on-site learning sessions, online language courses
  • Referral bonus program
  • Workation possibility
  • Team events: company parties, monthly breakfasts, aperos
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
test automationprogramming in Pythonprogramming in TypeScriptautomated UI testingfunctional testingperformance testingsecurity testingAPI testingaccessibility testingrisk-based testing
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationagile methodologyproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsadaptabilitycritical thinkingteam coordination
Certifications
ISTQB Advanced LevelTest AnalystTechnical Test Analyst