Test Automation Engineers in Austria
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Kurt B.
Last position:
Backend / Microservices Developer, DevOps, Test Automation at Fa. RCA, Rail Cargo Austria AG
- Backend / Microservices Developer, DevOps, Test Automation
- ~100 Developers, ~10 Teams, per Team: 1 PO, 1 ScrumMaster, 1UX, 1 Developers, 1 Tester
- .net core 8, 9, C#
- Microservices, Clean Architecture, MediatR, CQRS
- GraphQL, REST, SDL
- Azure DevOps, CI / CD pipelines, Azure Service Bus, Rabbit-MQ, Kafka, Azure App Configuration, Azure KeyVault, Azure Kubernetes AKS
- Splunk, dashboards, custom metrics, Elastic-Search, Kibana (ELK)
- Azure SQL Databases, Azure Cosmos DB
- Architecture decisions, event governance, COP (Backend, DevOps, FrontEnd, Test Automation)
- AI, Copilot, creating Test Templates
- Scheduler, Hangfire, Quartz
- Automated Unit and Integration Tests
- Automated E2E Tests, Playwright Test Automation, BDD, Gherkin, Cucumber
- Shipment tracking
- GIS, GPS data, geofence, geo search, position tracking, asset positions
- Jira, Confluence
- Focus on high-performance message-oriented architecture (~xx e6 messages / month / service)
- Structured logging, Serilog, OTel, Splunk, Application Monitoring
- Integration of different position data sources (GPS-based data) into AzureDataLake
Vladislav F.
Last position:
Senior Test Automation Engineer / Test Manager at Stadt Wien – WUKSEA
- Creation of test scenarios, manual test cases and test data using boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning
- Execution of functional and non-functional tests (manual with Postman and web application, automated with WebDriver, JUnit and NUnit)
- Setup, automation and maintenance of the Test Automation Framework with Java, Spring Boot, Selenium and Cucumber in IntelliJ (system, regression, smoke, UI and integration tests for web frontend and SOAP API backend interfaces)
- Automation of backend NUnit test cases in Visual Studio
- Test management: development and implementation of the test strategy and test plans, test coordination, quality responsibility and prioritization of risk-based tests, as well as documentation management in Confluence
- Detailed analysis and quality assurance of requirements
- Creation and maintenance of Jenkins pipelines, quality assurance during build & deployment
- Close cooperation with business analysts, developers, testers and test management
- Identification, creation and tracking of errors/defects, as well as careful test documentation
- Reporting of test results and defect reports
- Monitoring of test processes and continuous improvement
- Verification of test data and test results in a PostgreSQL database in pgAdmin
- Support with effort estimates and backlog prioritization
- Analysis and debugging of 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
Wael A.
Last position:
Test Automation Expert at Ebcont Work GmbH
- 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
Namik D.
Last position:
Test Manager / Test Automation Engineer at Sky Deutschland GmbH
- 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)
Marcel T.
Last position:
Founder, AI Strategy and Enablement at Engineering Peak Impact
- Design workshop curricula for software engineers and technical leads on AI-enabled engineering and on adopting AI tools effectively.
- Technical talk, 17th TestIstanbul Conference, October 2026: "What If We Tested the Tester?", on how AI amplifies the tester's judgement, blind spots included.
- Built and run the company website and online course platform (WordPress, PHP, JavaScript) with Claude Code and Cursor, plus a Playwright test suite that checks the live site's pages, links and sign-up flow.
- Built Write Check, a Chrome extension backed by a local Node.js service that scores any text box for clarity and AI-sounding phrasing, falling back across Gemini, Kimi, GPT and OpenRouter when a provider fails.
- Built a Python video pipeline that turns my online course into short narrated videos: script, text-to-speech, captions and rendering, with a review gate before each episode.
- Work under a written protocol for AI coding agents (CLAUDE.md): a definition of done written as checks before the work starts, tests that fail before they pass, and independent reviewer agents that check each claim of the coder agents against its source.
- Author of The Maintenance Trap (Level Up newsletter, May 2026), on developer productivity: why high-performing engineers get pulled into maintenance work and how to make the ROI case for fixing it.
Nedim K.
Last position:
Manual Tester and Test Automation Engineer at IT-Systemhaus der Bundesagentur für Arbeit
- Design appropriate test cases to verify the GUI in Azure Test Plans
- Creation and execution of manual test cases
- Test design for user stories to be implemented in the current sprint
- Analysis of deviations/bugs based on log files and Kibana dashboards
- Creation of bug tickets with error description, screenshots, and short videos
- Prioritization of open bug tickets together with the PO
- Retest of bugs and hotfixes
- Execution of manual tests to ensure a 100% fulfillment rate of all functional requirements
- Selection, installation, and maintenance of a test automation tool (Selenium)
- Implementation of automated regression tests
- Continuous expansion of the object repository and adaptation of automated test cases (acceptance, integration, and system tests)
- Creation of test logs before each sprint change
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Test Automation Engineers statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
13 years
Position duration
2.2 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Doctorate
25%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, Bosnian
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this role in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates for Test Automation Engineers in Austria
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Test Automation Engineers experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (100%)
- Banking and Finance (50%)
- Transportation (50%)
- Education (33%)
- Government and Administration (33%)
- Advertising (17%)
- Arts and Crafts (17%)
- Automotive (17%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the role
The Role of an Automation Specialist
A freelance test automation engineer develops and maintains automated testing frameworks to validate software quality and stability. Unlike manual testers, these specialists write maintainable code to execute regression, end-to-end, and integration tests across web, mobile, and API layers. They work alongside software developers to integrate automated checks directly into deployment pipelines, ensuring defects are caught before reaching production.
Core Technical Capabilities
- Designing resilient test frameworks using Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or Appium
- Writing clean automation code in TypeScript, Python, Java, or C#
- Building API testing suites with tools like Postman, REST Assured, or Newman
- Embedding automated suites into GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
- Conducting performance and load testing using k6, JMeter, or Gatling
When to Bring In Freelance QA Engineers
Companies often engage an external QA automation specialist during digital transformations, cloud migrations, or rapid product scaling phases. When manual regression cycles delay critical releases, a freelance engineer quickly builds the initial framework, resolves technical debt in existing suites, and establishes testing standards. This targeted support enables product teams to meet release deadlines without committing to permanent headcount.
Project Delivery Across Austrian Industries
Organizations across Austria, particularly within the industrial engineering, green technology, banking, and public sector spaces, require robust automated testing to maintain compliance and software reliability. Freelance experts adapt easily to hybrid delivery models, operating smoothly in bilingual environments where English and German are used for documentation and cross-functional sprint planning.
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Test Automation Engineers, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
A qualified test automation engineer needs strong programming foundations in languages like TypeScript, Python, or Java alongside mastery of modern frameworks like Playwright or Cypress. They must understand API protocols, database querying, and containerized CI/CD execution environments. Experience with mock services and contract testing tools such as Pact also distinguishes top practitioners.
While manual testers focus on exploratory testing, edge-case discovery, and visual usability, an automation specialist primarily writes code to automate repetitive test cases. They treat test suites as software products, focusing on architecture, execution speed, and pipeline reliability rather than manual step verification.
A software development engineer in test (SDET) typically possesses deeper software development capabilities, often contributing directly to application code, unit test architecture, and internal developer tooling. An automated QA professional usually focuses more broadly on end-to-end verification, system integration, and end-user behavior simulation across complete application flows.
Hiring an external QA automation engineer provides immediate technical leadership when setting up a testing framework from scratch. Freelancers bring broad exposure across different tech stacks, allowing teams to avoid common architectural mistakes and ramp up test coverage rapidly without long-term recruitment delays.
Yes, an experienced test automation developer works very effectively in fully remote or hybrid arrangements. Because modern test suites execute within cloud CI/CD platforms and rely on clear code reviews via Git, collaboration requires only clear user stories and access to staging environments.
While enterprise clients in Austria often conduct high-level business alignment in German, technical delivery is predominantly handled in English. A freelance test automation engineer in Austria can integrate smoothly into local development teams as long as they communicate clearly in technical English.
High-quality frameworks created by a QA automation consultant are characterized by low execution times, minimal flaky tests, and clear failure reporting. Healthy automation codebases also feature modular architecture, reusable page objects or components, and smooth parallel execution across pull requests.
A proficient automated testing expert typically audits the existing application and establishes a baseline test suite within the first two weeks. Within a few sprints, teams observe measurable reductions in manual regression hours and faster pipeline feedback for developers.
The average hourly rate for Test Automation Engineers in Austria is 92 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 740 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as Test Automation Engineers in Austria, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 25% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as Test Automation Engineers in Austria have 13 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as Test Automation Engineers in Austria are German (100%), English (100%), and Bosnian (50%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as Test Automation Engineers in Austria are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (50%), and Transportation (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as Test Automation Engineers in Austria are Information Technology (100%), Quality Assurance (100%), and Product Development (83%).
FRATCH Test Automation Engineers main locations
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
Countries:
- Germany
- Austria
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