Senior QA Engineer (Hybrid)

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior QA Engineer for our newly established Technology Hub in Madrid. This is a unique opportunity to become part of the founding team that helps shape the culture practices and technical direction. Working in a hybrid model (remote & onsite) you will enjoy significant freedom to innovate and influence the future of one of the worlds largest commercial real estate companies. With the leadership of the Global Technology Hub coming from a background of technology startups you will benefit from a fast-paced learning environment high visibility of your contributions and opportunities to shape processes culture and technology strategies. At the same time you take advantage of the stability resources and reach of a successful global company.

Guided by our global digital strategy the Madrid Hub collaborates closely with international teams to deliver world-class technology solutions that power the future of commercial real estate.

As Senior QA Engineer you will be instrumental in ensuring the delivery of high-quality reliable and scalable enterprise software solutions. You will contribute to global products and platforms that serve both internal and external customers in Commercial Real Estate across multiple regions. Working closely with international Product Engineering DevOps Data QA and Architecture teams you will ensure delivery excellence software quality and great customer experience.

Your expertise will contribute directly to the quality of modern component-based frontend application built with React and Typescript as well as robust backend services developed .

You are a hands-on problem-solver with strong quality principles who thrives in a collaborative and agile environment. This role offers the opportunity to influence technical direction and mentor junior members of the team while building solutions with real business impact.

Automation-First Test-Strategy

• Collaborate towards the creation of a reusable automation testing framework
• Develop and maintain comprehensive automated tests suites across frontend backend and API layers using tools such as Cypress Playwright Postman.
• Lead the implementation of testing frameworks that support both functional and non-functional testing with a focus on early detection of defects and fast feedback loops.
• Partner with engineers to incorporate testing considerations into development efforts from the earliest stages ensuring code is testable scalable and maintainable.
• Embed automated tests directly into CI/CD pipelines working with DevOps and Engineering Operations to build quality gates and establish fast reliable release workflows.
• Drive culture of test-first development with unit- integration- and performance-testing
• Support root cause analysis and resolution of production issues ensuring high reliability and uptime
• Help define and adhere to coding standards documentation and software lifecycle best practices.

Tooling and Process Development

• Guide the selection and implementation of modern QA tools across test management performance testing and frontend testing (Storybook integration).
• Contribute to the standardization of test environments and data management strategies
• Set up processes and practices to reduce test flakiness support parallel execution and minimize test execution times.
• Advocate for meaningful test coverage that aligns with product requirements and end-user behavior using Figma and user stories to guide test case development.

Technical Leadership

• Act as a technical mentor to mid-level and junior engineers within your team or project and beyond.
• Identify opportunities for technical improvements and advocate for high-quality engineering standards
• Participate in design and code review sessions to uphold engineering excellence across the team
• Take on technical ownership of production systems
• Continuous improvement of agile methodologies and tools

Global Collaboration

• Work closely with Product Owners and Product team to refine acceptance criteria identify edge cases and ensure business needs are clearly understood and validated.
• Work closely with DevOps and Engineering Operations teams to optimize build pipelines observability and deployment automation.
• Share insights and best practices across teams helping to foster a strong quality mindset throughout the engineering department.
• Ensure compliance with global standards information security policies and regulatory requirements

Qualifications :

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5 years of experience in a QA or software testing role with a strong background in test automation and modern development workflows.
• Experience testing modern web applications using React Typescript technologies.
• Hand-on experience with frontend and end-to-end testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman or Cypress with experience writing automated API tests and validating backend behavior
• Experience with integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
• Agile Development experience (Scrum/Kanban) including story estimation code reviews and pair programming.
• Experience working in distributed or remote teams and using tools such as Jira GitHub Miro and Azure DevOps.
• Familiarity with test case management tools and practices
• Solid understanding of performance optimization.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills fluent in English and Spanish.
• Passionate about building high-quality software products with empowered teams.
• Understanding of secure development practices and compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO27001 GDPR SOC2).

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience with performance testing and security testing tools
• Experience in working in a global multi-cultural organization.
• Exposure to domain-driven design (DDD) and event-driven architecture.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced growing tech environment and to foster change in larger organizations

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time