Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Qualco Technology

Senior QA Engineer overseeing quality assurance in QUALCO Group's fintech technology platform. Collaborating in a regulated environment to ensure release quality across continuous deployments.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeAthens • 🇬🇷 GreeceSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJenkinsMicroservicesSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own release quality across frequent deployments, combining technical analysis and business understanding with regression, integration, smoke, and exploratory testing;
Define and drive end-to-end testing strategies for frontend, backend, APIs, and cross-service integrations across critical domains such as loan origination, payments, and reconciliation;
Build and maintain automation frameworks (e.g. Cypress) for UI and API regression testing, expanding coverage and reducing manual regression effort;
Design and execute performance and load testing (e.g. K6) to validate scalability and system stability under production-level traffic;
Validate distributed workflows across orchestrated multi-step flows, including failure scenarios, retries, idempotency, and data consistency between systems;
Collaborate with engineering and product teams throughout feature development, providing guidance on quality risks, edge cases, acceptance criteria, and release readiness;
Mentor QA engineers, drive automation best practices, and foster a quality-first engineering culture across the team;
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements and supporting the continued implementation of the Group Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of professional QA experience, ideally on large-scale, high-traffic platforms;
Proven experience defining testing strategies for distributed microservices architectures;
Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks for UI and API testing (Cypress or equivalent);
Experience with performance and load testing tools (K6 or equivalent);
Solid understanding of REST APIs, API validation, and contract testing;
Working knowledge of SQL for data validation and technical analysis;
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and test management tools (Jira, Xray);
Risk-based testing mindset, with sound judgment on what to test, at which level, and when;
Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work with engineers, product managers, and non-technical stakeholders;
Ownership mindset: you treat quality as an engineering responsibility, not a checkpoint.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation, Meal vouchers, and annual bonus programs.
Cutting-edge IT equipment, mobile phone, and data plan.
Modern facilities, free coffee, beverages, indoor parking, and in-house restaurant.
Private health insurance, occupational doctor, workplace counselor and nutritionist.
Onsite gym, wellness facilities, and ping pong room.
Career and talent development tools.
Mentoring, coaching, personalized annual learning, and development plan.
Employee referral bonus, regular wellbeing, ESG, and volunteering activities.

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

Regression TestingIntegration TestingSmoke TestingExploratory TestingEnd-to-End Testing StrategiesDistributed Workflows ValidationRisk-Based TestingAcceptance Criteria DefinitionData Consistency ValidationAutomation Best Practices

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationMentoringJudgmentOwnership Mindset