QA Automation Engineer

O projekcie: At esurance, quality isn’t a gate at the end of the process, it’s woven into everything we build. As a QA Automation Engineer, you’ll be embedded in one of our cross-functional product squads, shaping how quality is defined, validated, and continuously improved across a modern microservice architecture. If you care about building scalable test coverage from the ground up, influencing quality strategy, and working in a team that values clarity and ownership, this role was built for you. This Poland-based role offers remote flexibility in Poland only, and we value in-person collaboration. Our team meets in Poland for at least one week each quarter, so we ask all applicants to be located in Poland. This isnot a globally remote role - Poland residency is required. The contract form is Umowa o Pracę (brutto). What you can expect - Flexible working hours and a genuine hybrid/remote setup. We trust you to work where you do your best thinking. - Flat hierarchy with no layers between your ideas and their impact. - A modern, evolving tech stack with room to shape tooling decisions. - Professional development to keep growing your skills. - An international, distributed team that values different perspectives. Who we are esurance is a Swiss InsurTech offering a SaaS platform that connects SMEs, insurance providers, brokers, and business application providers. Founded in 2013, we’re on a mission to make health insurance for small businesses truly hassle-free. What makes us unique You’ll be part of a connected, forward-thinking team built on trust, openness, and mutual respect — working hybrid from Zürich or remotely across Europe. We invest in your growth through agile practices, real ownership, and a transparent Grading System that ensures fair pay and clear career paths. Our core values - We are connected. - We are ahead. - We are clear. - We are approachable. Do these resonate with you? → Come join us. Wymagania: The essentials: - 7 to 10 years demonstrated experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks — ideally with Playwright and/or API testing in JavaScript or .NET. - Hands-on experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or comparable tooling). - Ability to define and execute risk-based test strategies in an agile, microservice environment. Great to have: - Experience with Jira and Zephyr for test case management and defect tracking. - Familiarity with visual regression testing using Storybook or Chromatic. - Curiosity about AI-assisted test generation and coverage analysis tools. What sets you apart as a person: - You take end-to-end ownership of quality — from early requirements discussions through to release sign-off. - You communicate clearly and proactively with both technical teammates and product stakeholders. Languages: - English: Must-have (Corp language, C1 level) - German: Desired, not required. - Ukrainian/Polish: Desired, not required. Codzienne zadania: - Perform requirements analysis & refinement for owned components within the microservice architecture, in collaboration with Product team. - Proactive identify quality risks early in backlog and refinement phases, with a focus on cross-service dependencies and SLA-critical flows. - Define test strategies based on risk, business impact, and roadmap priorities. - Adopt an automation-first approach to ensure scalable test coverage, while leveraging manual testing for short-term validation. - Prioritize automation over manual execution by delegating manual testing to team members when necessary due to capacity constraints - Integrate automated tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines to enable fast feedback cycles and reliable execution across environments - Manage test cases, executions, and defect tracking in Jira and Zephyr, ensuring full traceability between requirements & test coverage - Conducting test activities and procedures providing a release sign-off - Design, develop, maintain, and refactor test frameworks (Playwright for UI; API frameworks in JavaScript or .NET). - Collaboration with QA Automation Lead to align tooling, standards, and architecture including the adoption of AI-supported tools to enhance test generation/coverage analysis and quality signal interpretation.