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Our partner is a fast-growing HealthTech company developing connected technologies at the intersection of hardware, embedded systems, IoT, AI and digital health . Their technology transforms everyday environments into intelligent health platforms, enabling seamless and continuous health monitoring.

We are currently looking for a Senior Software QA Automation Engineer to join their Engineering team and help ensure the quality, reliability and scalability of their next generation of connected health products.

Mission:

As a Senior Software QA Automation Engineer , your mission will be to own and evolve the testing strategy, automation frameworks and release validation processes across the software development lifecycle.

You will play a key role in increasing automated test coverage, identifying risks early and ensuring products are robust, scalable and production-ready.

Working closely with Backend, Frontend, Embedded and Product teams , you will help build a strong quality culture across Engineering, ensuring that quality is embedded throughout the development process rather than treated as a final validation step.

The Role:

You will be responsible for:

- Defining and owning the software QA strategy across the product lifecycle.
- Planning and executing validation processes before production releases .
- Defining release acceptance criteria and quality gates .
- Performing functional, regression and integration testing .




- Identifying quality risks early and helping prevent production issues.
- Designing, building and maintaining automated testing frameworks .
- Increasing automated test coverage across backend services, frontend applications and APIs .
- Developing and evolving unit, integration and end-to-end testing strategies .
- Integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines .
- Working closely with Engineering teams to improve code quality and testability .
- Reviewing software changes and identifying potential quality risks.
- Analyzing bugs, reproducing issues and performing root-cause analysis .
- Defining and monitoring quality metrics such as test coverage, regression stability, production incidents and release quality .
- Analyzing production issues through logs, metrics and monitoring tools .
- Promoting testing best practices and a quality-first engineering culture across teams.
- Continuously improving testing processes, automation workflows and engineering practices.

What we need:

- Strong 5+ years of professional experience in QA Automation, Software Engineering or Quality Engineering .
- Strong programming skills in Python .
- Proven experience designing, developing and maintaining automated testing frameworks .
- Hands-on experience testing REST APIs, backend services and web applications .
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, including unit, integration, end-to-end and regression testing .
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines .
- Experience with Git and collaborative software development workflows .
- Experience participating in code reviews and proactively identifying potential quality risks.
- Strong debugging, analytical and root-cause analysis skills .




- Experience working closely with developers and multidisciplinary teams in Agile environments .
- A strong understanding of how to build maintainable, scalable and reliable testing strategies .
- Professional English level.
- Disponibilidad para acudir a oficinas 4-3 días a la semana.

Nice to Have

- Experience with automation frameworks such as Pytest, Playwright, Selenium or Cypress .
- Experience testing REST APIs and system integrations using tools such as Apidog, Postman or Insomnia .
- Experience with code quality and test coverage tools such as SonarQube, Codecov or Coverage.py .
- Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins .
- Experience with performance and load testing using tools such as Locust or JMeter .
- Experience with application monitoring and error tracking tools such as Sentry .
- Experience analyzing logs, metrics and observability data to investigate production issues.
- Previous experience testing IoT products, connected devices or systems combining hardware and software .
- Previous experience in startups, scale-ups or fast-growing technology companies .

What we offer:

- Join a fast-growing HealthTech company building a new generation of intelligent, connected health technologies.
- Work at the intersection of embedded systems, hardware, IoT, cloud, AI and digital health .
- Build technologies powering products already used by leading sports organizations and enterprise customers worldwide .
- Take ownership of high-impact projects , from embedded software development through system integration and production.
- Collaborate with a talented multidisciplinary team across Hardware, Backend, AI, Data and Product .
- Have a visible impact on technical and architectural decisions as the platform and engineering organization continue to evolve.
- Work in a fast-paced environment with a high level of autonomy and ownership .
- Strong opportunities for professional growth and technical leadership as the company scales internationally.
- Competitive compensation based on experience.

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📌 Software QA Automation Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Merlin Digital Partner
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