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Our partner is a fast-growing Health Tech company developing connected technologies at the intersection of hardware, embedded systems, Io T, 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: 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 Sonar Qube, Codecov or Coverage.py .

Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Git Hub Actions, Git Lab 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 Io T 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 Health Tech company building a new generation of intelligent, connected health technologies. Work at the intersection of embedded systems, hardware, Io T, 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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