Hybrid QA Engineer

at Alea

• Job title: QA Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cypress, Python, Selenium, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Barcelona, Spain

About the role

• QA Engineer ensuring quality, performance, and reliability of software products through testing and validation. Collaborating with teams to create test plans and maintain software quality standards.

Responsibilities

• The QA Engineer will play a key role in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of our software products through comprehensive testing, validation, and continuous quality improvements.
• Working closely with development, product, and design teams, you’ll create and execute test plans, identify and track issues, and help maintain a high standard of quality across all software releases.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test cases, ensuring full coverage of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Design, create, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright, or related end-to-end testing frameworks, for web applications.
• Build and maintain reusable test components such as page abstractions, shared utilities, and test data structures.
• Perform exploratory testing on new and changed features, converting findings into automated regression coverage.
• Monitor and maintain test suite health within CI/CD pipelines — triaging failures and keeping automated runs consistently reliable.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure requirements are being covered.
• Collaborate with the QA team on coverage reporting and sign-off readiness ahead of release gates.
• Identify, document, and track software defects, ensuring clear communication with the development team for timely resolution.
• Proactively follow up on bug fixes and test them to confirm resolution.
• Continuously improve the test automation framework and processes to enhance testing efficiency and accuracy.
• Stay informed about industry best practices and emerging trends in testing and automation, integrating them into the QA process.

Requirements

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience : 3+ years of experience in a QA Engineer role or a similar position within software quality assurance.
• Demonstrated experience in both manual and automated testing, with an emphasis on web applications.
• Proficiency in automated testing tools (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Cypress) and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Typescript).
• Experience with test management and bug-tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail).
• Familiarity with version control (e.g., Git) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Bitbucket, GitLab CI/CD).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with keen attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• High adaptability and proactive attitude toward continuous improvement.

Benefits

• A competitive salary package based on your experience.
• An impressive benefits package, focused on our culture of integral health that includes medical insurance, gym with personal trainer, sauna and hyperbaric chamber, and fresh fruit every day.
• Tax-advantageous wage benefit: Meal card, transport package and other measures such as childcare allowance.
• Discount on Veg it (vegan meals) to order your lunch at the office.
• Flexible start and finish times.
• Reduced working hours in August.
• 23 holidays plus 3 extra days at disposal.
• Hybrid Work Model.
• English classes.
• Parking benefit for those who live outside of Barcelona.
• Team building events, parties and workshops.