QA Automation Engineer

esurance is a Swiss InsurTech offering a SaaS platform that connects SMEs, insurance providers, brokers, and business application providers. Founded in 2013, the company aims to make health insurance for small businesses hassle-free. The role is embedded in a cross-functional product squad working on a modern microservice architecture.

• 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.
• Experience with Jira and Zephyr for test case management and defect tracking (nice to have).
• Familiarity with visual regression testing using Storybook or Chromatic (nice to have).
• Curiosity about AI-assisted test generation and coverage analysis tools (nice to have).
• English language proficiency at C1 level (must-have).
• German, Ukrainian, or Polish language skills are desired but not required.
• Takes end-to-end ownership of quality from early requirements discussions through to release sign-off.
• Communicates clearly and proactively with both technical teammates and product stakeholders.

• Perform requirements analysis and refinement for owned components within the microservice architecture in collaboration with the Product team.
• Proactively identify quality risks early in backlog and refinement phases, focusing 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, 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 and test coverage.
• Conduct 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).
• Collaborate 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.

This Poland-based role offers remote flexibility only within Poland. Applicants must be located in Poland. The contract form is Umowa o Pracę (employment contract). This is not a globally remote role.