We are Merlin Digital Partner ! A leading IT and Digital headhunting company who stands out from the crowd, boasting over a decade of experience. We've successfully collaborated and played a pivotal role in the growth of industry heavyweights such as Wallapop, Glovo, Banc Sabadell, and Duracell, among others.

Our mission is to revolutionize companies by seamlessly integrating top-tier talent . What sets us apart is our in-depth understanding of each partner (being their best influencer!), 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. 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. 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. 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.

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 .

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.

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