Job Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Automation QA Engineer to join our team full-time in Bulgaria.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior Automation QA Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Architect the automated testing framework to evaluate AI prompt adherence and guardrails for voice and text interfaces
• Design validation strategies for the Ultimate-to-Helix migration and lead overall quality for transcription and intent recognition
• Understand our systems and what we are trying to create
• Help guide developers on what levels of testing should be included as part of their development work
• Scope out and help execute integration tests
• Contribute to our release testing regression pack
• Define Quality Metrics and implement measurements to determine test effectiveness
• Target the level of testing needed for projects at different stages of developement

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in QA Automation
• Experience writing and maintaining code in Java, whether automation or as a developer
• Experience with API testing
• Experience with testing IT support systems
• Experience with Event-Driven Architecture testing
• Nice to have the experience with Kubernetes, Docker
• Excellent knowledge of different testing methods, techniques, types, and methodologies
• Experience in the creation or active maintenance of test documentation
• Coaching developers and working with other QEs to achieve results
• Experience in the creation of automation frameworks from scratch
• An understanding of different tools used for automation
• Experience with BDD, ATDD, or TDD approaches
• Experience with implementation of continuous integration processes and tools, CI/CD pipelines
• Experience of working in an Agile Scrum/Kanban development environment
• Being comfortable with the unknowns

Personal skills:

• Perform a broad range of complex technical or professional activities, in a variety of contexts
• Investigate, define and resolve complex issues
• Able to work in distributed cross-functional teams effectively
• Influence customers and team members on the project level
• Plan, schedule and monitor your own work competently
• Have learning agility (readiness for challenge and being open to change)
• Confident Intermediate English (or higher) is a must

What’s in it for you?

• Regular salary reviews based on performance
• Corporate events: webinars, offline parties, and meetups
• Internal Mobility Program
• Tailored education path (including full access to Udemy, certifications, etc.)
• 25 paid days off: 20 business days of vacation per calendar year + 5 undocumented sick leave days
• Additional health insurance
• 100% company-covered Multisport card, with discounts available for family members

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

Since expanding to Bulgaria in 2022, we’ve been building a fast-growing team that thrives on learning, collaboration, and innovation. Join us on this exciting journey and help shape the future of our delivery center.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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