Senior QA Engineer
- Barcelona
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Leads test strategy and automation first approach for projects. Mentor the team on test design best practices. Establishes testing standards and guidelines across teams
- Perform thorough and effective manual testing to ensure product stability, usability, testability, and performance on web and mobile platforms
- Champion quality within our CI/CD pipelines, ensuring testing is integrated seamlessly into automated build and deployment workflows
- Serve as the QA point of contact and trusted quality advisor for multiple squads, providing expert guidance, sharing best practices, and ensuring consistent quality standards
- Build a deep understanding of the Lodgify platform architecture and business workflows to proactively identify risks, edge cases, and opportunities for test improvement
- Take ownership of QA deliverables and risk management during development and release cycles, ensuring clear and timely communication with all stakeholders
- Use tools like Datadog, Real User Monitoring (RUM), and heat-maps to monitor live user behaviour, detect production issues early, and provide actionable feedback to product and engineering teams
- Continuously evaluate and improve QA processes, workflows, and tools while driving test automation initiatives with the Automation team to increase coverage, reduce manual effort, and ensure scalable, reliable testing
- Document, track, and prioritise defects based on impact while reviewing requirements and design specifications to ensure clarity, feasibility, and testability
- Mentor junior QA engineers, foster knowledge sharing, and promote a strong culture of quality and continuous learning across squads.
- 4+ years of experience as a Software Quality Assurance Engineer, with solid experience in manual testing for complex web and/or mobile applications in an agile environment
- Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and how automated tests integrate into build and deployment workflows
- Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
- Hands-on experience with Datadog, RUM tools, Test & Project Management Tools(Xray/Jira), and heatmaps to monitor application health and user behaviour, plus solid understanding of API testing, client-server architecture, debugging, and log analysis
- Excellent defect reporting, documentation, and communication skills with fluency in English; able to clearly explain risks and impacts to both technical and non-technical audiences through strong written and verbal communication
- Empathy for end-users and good business understanding to align QA efforts with customer expectations.