Automation QA Engineer (Backend)
Description
Warsaw, Poland.
Rakuten Viber is one of the most popular and downloaded apps in the world. We are a global team of engineers building safe, convenient communication tools for millions of users worldwide. We're looking for an experienced, highly motivated Backend Automation QA Engineer to join our R&D team in Warsaw.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain test automation for backend services in Java, from smoke suites through full regression
Grow automated smoke tests into a trusted staging gate that blocks regressions before they reach production
Partner with backend developers on end-to-end system verification beyond smoke testing
Integrate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and keep them fast, stable, and meaningful
Help define quality gates and progression suites so every feature is verified by automation
Requirements
3-5 years in test automation, with strong hands-on Java
Java, Selenide/Selenium, TestNG, Maven, RestAssured (API), Allure
Framework and infrastructure building and maintenance: Page Object Model, Docker/Selenoid, GitLab CI, Git
Solid experience automating backend/API testing (REST, microservices)
Quality-first, automation-first mindset
Experience using AI tools for development and QA
Nice to have
Mobile automation (Appium) and device clouds (BrowserStack etc.)
SQL/DB validation (MySQL via JDBI, Aerospike)
AWS, GCP and Kubernetes
Data-pipeline and feature-flag validation
Multi-environment test configuration and parallel suite execution in CI
AdTech experience