Senior QA Engineer / Business Analyst (German Speaking)

Link Group is hiring for a software engineering initiative supporting a leading European banking institution, focusing on quality assurance and business analysis in banking software.

• Fluent/Native German (B2+ written and spoken) and strong English skills.
• Proven experience as a Software QA / Test Automation Engineer in Agile environments such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience in Business Analysis or Requirements Engineering.
• Practical experience testing microfrontend architectures, especially with React and TypeScript.
• Solid experience testing RESTful services and event-driven systems using Kafka, Java Spring Boot, and Kotlin.
• Proficiency with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Gauge, Selenium, and Cucumber (Gherkin) or similar.
• Hands-on understanding of containerized environments and deployment automation with ArgoCD, OpenShift, and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with AI-powered development tools, e.g. GitHub Copilot.

Quality Assurance & Test Automation:

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites across the full software lifecycle including unit, integration, system, regression, and E2E tests for online banking portals.

Requirements Refinement & BA Bridge:

• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to clarify ambiguous functional and non-functional requirements.
• Convert gaps into actionable specifications and drive defect resolution.

Microfrontend & Frontend Testing:

• Perform UI and functional testing on web applications built with React and TypeScript in microfrontend environments.

Backend & API Validation:

• Execute API and service testing for architectures powered by Java Spring Boot, Kotlin, and Kafka messaging.

DevTestOps & CI/CD Integration:

• Integrate automated test suites into cloud-native delivery pipelines using OpenShift and ArgoCD.

AI-Assisted Engineering:

• Utilize AI-driven tools like GitHub Copilot to streamline test script generation and optimize workflows.