QA Engineer (Mid Level)

Type of employment: Fulltime OR Contractor

Salary: 2100 - 4000 Eur/Month (depending on the offered job level, your professional, technical skills, knowledge, education and work experience)

Why This Job Is Exciting:

You’ll be part of a talented team solving real-world challenges in the field of biometrics and identity verification. Our development culture values clean architecture, quality code, strong ownership, and meaningful work.

You’ll be joining the ABIS Criminal team, a dedicated group of professionals developing cutting-edge forensic software that supports police departments and law enforcement agencies around the world in solving crimes and enhancing public safety.

Your Journey with Us:

Within one month, you will…

• Get familiar with our technical infrastructure, architecture, and workflows
• Complete onboarding and set up your development environment
• Start building relationships across teams and functions

Within three months, you will…

• Contribute independently to our QA processes
• Understand core business logic and collaborate with developers and stakeholders
• Actively participate in code reviews and share constructive feedback

Within six months, you will…

• Take full ownership of key components of the QA strategy and execution
• Drive and lead quality-related discussions across engineering and product teams
• Identify and address testing challenges

Requirements

About You:

We are looking for a QA Engineer to lead quality efforts across our engineering team. You will play a critical role in designing robust automated testing frameworks, mentoring QA engineers, and embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of Playwright, hands-on experience with TestRail, and a strong foundation in QA methodologies, best practices, and modern test automation strategies.

Qualifications:

• Expert-level proficiency in Playwright (preferably with TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience managing and organizing test suites in TestRail or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of QA theory: test design techniques, shift-left strategies, etc.
• Proficient in working with CI/CD environments (GitLab CI or similar).
• Familiarity with RESTful API testing (e.g., Postman, REST-assured, or equivalent).
• Experience with Agile development and testing processes, including SCRUM or Kanban.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Techstack & tools:

QA:

• Playwright (with TypeScript)
• TestRail

FrontEnd:

• React, TypeScript
• Frontends monorepo orchestrated with Turborepo and pnpm
• All apps are bootstrapped with Vite
• Vitest is used for unit tests
• Storybook+Chromatic used for visual tests

BackEnd:

• Micro-service built on Java/Kotlin
• REST API with OpenAPI specification

DevOps:

• GitLab CI/CD
• Docker, Kubernetes

Working Hours & Location:

🌍 Location: Bratislava (Hybrid)

✈️ Travel: Minimal travel may be required 

Level:

📊 This role is Medior level. 

Compensation:

At Innovatrics, we offer highly competitive salaries because we value top talent who share our values and goals. Compensation is determined based on your level, skills, experience, qualifications, and location.

💶 Salary gross range: €2500 – €3,300, tied to competency and technical evaluation.

📈 Beyond base pay, we provide an attractive benefits package. You can learn more at.

Interview Process:

Here is the typical interview process for this role:

👋 Introduction Stage (~30 min.)

• Recruiter Screen

🧑‍💻 Team Interview Stage (~120 min.)

We have a one single interview round that takes approximately 2 - 2,5  hours and is divided into two stages:

• Stage 1: Technical Interview (60 min)
  An interactive session with our technical team, focusing on your problem-solving approach and technical knowledge relevant to the role.
• Stage 2: Practical Collaboration (60~90 min)
  A hands-on session where you will work directly with our Software Engineers and Hiring Manager on a real-world problem. This is a practical, collaborative exercise designed to see how you approach challenges, communicate your reasoning, and co-create solutions in real time.

🎯 Final Stage (~30 min.)

• CARES Interview: Final conversation with our CARES committee to ensure alignment with our core values—Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Shared Mission.
• Reference checks and background verification

We encourage candidates to request additional conversations with anyone they would like to meet.

Benefits

Learn more about our culture, values, and what it’s like to work at Innovatrics: https://careers.innovatrics.com/