Test Automation Engineer Public Sector, Playwright & Cucumber - remote/Berlin

Project overview

For our client, we are looking for a Test Automation Engineer (m/f/d) Public Sector, Playwright & Cucumber, starting immediately for an expected duration until 12/2027 with the option for extension. The role is planned for full-time. The project will take place mostly remotely.

Note: Please submit an application only if you meet all must-haves and all nice-to-haves. Only projects with an end date within the last 3 years and a minimum duration of 3 months (full-time) can be considered.

Responsibilities

• Planning and implementation of manual software and system tests for web applications
• Conducting reviews of requirements and deriving the resulting manual and automated test cases
• Creation and maintenance of test documentation and reporting of test results
• Ensuring test coverage and quality standards according to the agreed test strategy in the project in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders
• Integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipeline

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in identifying, creating, and maintaining functional and technical test cases based on requirements to ensure complete functional and non-functional test coverage of web applications (frontend and backend)
• At least 3 years of experience in performing exploratory tests to identify unexpected error scenarios and regression tests to secure stable releases using a test management tool (e.g., Jira / Xray)
• At least 2 years of experience in testing user roles, permissions, and access controls to verify security mechanisms (mention and description of concrete examples are expected)
• At least 2 years of experience using Confluence for documenting test results, creating test completion reports, and structured tracking of errors
• At least 1 year of experience with Git for version control, branch management, and code reviews to ensure consistent development and test statuses (description of practical application in the respective reference project is expected)
• At least 2 years of experience as a tester in an agile SCRUM process to ensure early testability of new requirements and continuous quality assurance across all sprints in public sector projects
• Language skills: German (C2) or native speaker
• Language skills: English (B2)

Nice to have

• Expert-level experience in projects for the conception, implementation, and maintenance of end-to-end tests with Playwright and TypeScript to reduce manual effort and secure central user flows
• Experience in test automation of web applications for business use cases and feature tests, including debugging (frontend/backend)
• Experience in specifying test cases and conducting acceptance and interface tests according to Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber and Gherkin in real projects
• Expert-level experience in testing interfaces for REST services tests, including test data creation with JSON, to ensure consistent interface functionality of microservices
• Sound experience in analyzing and executing containerized test environments with Docker to provide reproducible test runs for frontend and backend components
• Sound experience in integrating automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline with Gitlab CI for continuous execution within the development process
• Experience in optimizing test processes and automation approaches based on findings from sprint retrospectives to identify efficiency potentials early and iteratively increase test quality

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: ab sofort bis 12/2027 + Option
• Location: remote/Berlin, DE
• Languages: German