QA Engineer

Complete build of a B2B SaaS platform for recruitment agencies

• Multi-source job aggregation via ATS APIs
• AI-assisted career page scraping
• Rule-based and AI-assisted matching
• Credit-based monetization model with Stripe integration
• Live in production since July 2026

Tech stack

• NestJS
• React
• PostgreSQL
• pgvector
• Claude AI
• Prisma

• Defining and conducting system tests
• Supporting the automated test environment
• Evaluating tools for automated testing

Working Environment

• Insurance / Claims Management (Property, Liability, Automotive)
• REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter

Scope

• Further development of the internal REST-based ClaimAPI with Guidewire ClaimCenter as the backend and various portals/front-end offices as clients, and with the following objectives: + increased AI-supported claims processing outside of Guidewire ClaimCenter + and support for all lines (property, liability, automotive).
• Further development of automated claims processing

Activities

• Interfacing IT & Business
• Design activities with documentation in Confluence, Jira: + Requirements engineering (functional and non-functional) + Design of REST endpoints and coordination with interface partners (esp. AI-colleagues) + Identification, design and evaluation of alternative solutions (moving away from a monolithic approach toward fine-grained endpoints, with code reuse across all lines if possible) + Creation / refinement of product backlog items in Jira, i.e. epics, user stories and tasks, incl. alignment with developers & POs during (pre-)refinement sessions + Using AXA Secure GPT when creating / refining user stories (description, acceptance criteria) and designing REST endpoints + Estimation and prioritization of user stories and tasks during Sprint Planning sessions + Coordination and support during the implementation of Product Backlog items + Driving decision making with preparation and presentation of decision-making documents
• Quality assurance: + Test management, including test case creation using Xray in Jira + Test execution using Bruno as REST client and in Guidewire ClaimCenter + Submission of test artifacts for PO approval + Analysis of production bugs

Methods Big Room Planning (aka PI-Planning in SAFe), Scrum, BPMN, EPK, UML, ERM, DDD

Tools / Tech Stack Teams, Confluence, Jira with Xray, OpenAPI/Swagger, REST, JSON, XML, MS Office, Bruno, GitHub repository (reading), Guidewire ClaimCenter, AXA Secure GPT (AXA's in-house GenAI solution based on Azure OpenAI)

• Automating software tests with Tosca instead of manual tests
• Ensuring system stability through early issue fixing
• Optimizing for faster releases and better software quality
• Technologies: Tosca, API Testing, JIRA, Confluence

• Building a framework for automated website testing
• Testing, regression testing
• Defect management
• Release management, UAT, agile testing
• Feature discussions with business
• Test management

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of operational processes to ensure alignment with ASPICE standards.
• Develop and implement quality assurance frameworks that enhance product and process quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives and foster a culture of quality.
• Provide training and support to teams on ASPICE requirements and best practices.
• Facilitate audits and assessments to identify non-compliance issues and develop corrective action plans.

• Implemented and maintained 443 automated test cases with a 99% pass rate (441/443)
• Enabled CI for test automation: automated runs on review/merge, reporting via Xray
• Introduced accessibility and performance checks and established them in reporting
• Served as QA lead in daily operations with stand-ups, Kanban progress tracking, prioritization, and targeted task distribution
• Handled defect triage and stakeholder communication with daily triage, QA status analysis, and actionable recommendations
• Developed and maintained a stable regression suite for CRM/Salesforce flows (UI/E2E and near-API validations)
• Integrated CI/CD using Jenkins pipelines with Groovy (IaC)
• Maintained QA documentation, test conventions, and processes in Confluence, aligned across the team
• Conducted Salesforce Einstein chatbot testing with intent/topic validation and output checks, and used Robot Framework/Python suites for continuous quality monitoring
• Technology stack: Jira, Xray, Confluence, Jenkins, Groovy, Git, Java, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, TypeScript, Postman, REST, Salesforce, Google Cloud, Lighthouse, Evinced, Scrum/Kanban, BDD (Gherkin)

• Set up a shift-left DevOps E2E system testing architecture
• Set up "DevOps Shift-left" E2E tests for 240+ applications
• Under NDA

• Supporting the International Web Presence of the BA (IntWeb) project in the area of quality management, with the aim of taking responsibility for the quality of processes and project results while considering BA standards. The main objectives of the project are to give professionals abroad a quick overview of their opportunities for moving to Germany and to enable them to take the necessary steps consistently and with digital support by providing access to services.

• Defining the general guidelines in the QA handbook

• Summarising test results in QA reports for PLA

• Analysing project results for improvement opportunities

• Quality management of requirements analysis (particularly processes, methods, and tools)

• Ensuring compliance with SERA requirements

• Creating a cross-project test concept

• Agreeing on sprint completion reports

• Formal review of work results in accordance with requirements and/or the project plan

• Contact person for internal audit, external audits by auditors, or BRH (Federal Court of Audit)

• Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, GitLab, Kubernetes

• Leading a team of QA Engineers
• Implementing effective test strategies, driving the test automation strategy forward
• Hands-on testing for the web and mobile application (iOS, Android)
• Creating, maintaining, and executing test plans as well as documenting test results (Testrail)
• Evaluating and integrating new tools to improve the testing process (e.g. Playwright)

• Set up a partnership to support UiPath from migrating new clients to the UiPath tool landscape
• RPA testing

• QA Lead for end-to-end quality assurance of the Sparkasse & Sparkasse Business banking apps (iOS/Android); design and implementation of the Test Strategy including functional testing, regression testing, and UAT for eID, Push Notifications, and white-label components
• Creation and maintenance of test concepts and test plans in TestRail; structured Defect Management and error analysis; stakeholder management and risk management for the early identification of critical quality risks
• Accessibility Testing according to WCAG 2.1 (iOS/Android); coordination of AI-supported test automation and optimization of test processes to shorten release cycles
• Release Management: planning, management, and coordination of all test activities; status reporting to management and stakeholders; quality assessment of releases and release recommendations in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Challenge: Highly complex build and release process across several Sparkasse institutions; close coordination with the DevOps team to stabilize the CI/CD pipeline and ensure reproducible test builds before every release.

Tools: Jira, Confluence, TestRail, Android Studio, Xcode, Firebase, Jenkins, GA4

• Success: Successful launch of the eID authentication process - quality assurance ensured for 50+ Sparkasse institutions

• Creating test scenarios, manual test cases and test data using boundary value analysis and equivalence classes
• Executing functional and non-functional tests (manually with Postman and web application, automated with WebDriver, JUnit and NUnit)
• Setting up, automating and maintaining the test automation framework with Java, Spring Boot, Selenium and Cucumber in IntelliJ (system, regression, smoke, UI and integration tests for web front-end and SOAP API backend interfaces)
• Automating backend NUnit test cases in Visual Studio
• Test management: developing and implementing test strategy and test plans, controlling tests, quality ownership and prioritizing risk-based tests, as well as maintaining documentation in Confluence
• Detailed analysis and quality assurance of requirements
• Creating and maintaining Jenkins pipelines, ensuring quality in build & deployment
• Close collaboration with business analysts, developers, testers and test management
• Identifying, creating and tracking defects/bugs, with thorough test documentation
• Reporting test results and defect reports
• Monitoring test processes and continuous improvements
• Reviewing test data and test results in PostgreSQL database via pgAdmin
• Supporting effort estimation and backlog prioritization
• Analyzing and debugging development code System environment: Java, JUnit, Spring Boot, Selenium, Cucumber, JavaScript, Jenkins, C#, NUnit, Postman, Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira, xRay, pgAdmin, PostgreSQL, SonarQube, Maven, IntelliJ, Visual Studio, CI/CD, SOAP API interfaces

• For the internal MIS, which gathers data in a complex, comprehensive system landscape and loads it into a central database via ETL, existing processes and packages had to be maintained and new KPIs analyzed, specified, and implemented.