Senior QA Engineer (m/f/d) 2-Year Fixed Term

Senior QA Engineer (m/f/d) – 2‑Year Fixed Term

Who We Are

Xempus is Germany’s leading independent SaaS platform for managing and distributing pension, life and health insurance. Our mission is to make pension, life and health insurance digital, understandable, efficient and accessible for everyone. Since 2007, we have driven the digitalisation of the insurance industry.

The Role

We are looking for a quality‑driven Senior QA Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role you will own ensuring the quality and reliability of our software products through strategic test planning, automation and close collaboration with cross‑functional teams. You will embed quality early in the development lifecycle and continuously improve our QA processes and tooling. This is a fixed‑term position for two years to cover parental leave.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify opportunities to improve QA processes and drive implementation across teams
• Evaluate and pilot new tools and technologies in test automation, bringing fresh ideas and innovation into the team
• Collaborate closely with DevOps, development, and product management to embed quality early in the development process
• Design and implement strategies for end‑to‑end, API, and performance testing to ensure comprehensive coverage
• Analyze test metrics and derive actionable measures to continuously improve product quality
• Document test processes and actively share knowledge and best practices within QA and engineering teams

What We Are Looking For

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in software quality assurance
• Minimum 2 years of hands‑on experience with Playwright and TypeScript plus experience with Selenium or similar for UI and API testing
• Familiarity with Swagger for API documentation and test preparation
• Experience with CI/CD environments (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins)
• Understanding of agile development processes (Scrum, Kanban)
• Strong analytical and systematic thinking skills
• Ability to work effectively in fully remote teams – proactive communication and coordination
• Experience with test strategies such as regression testing, exploratory testing, and smoke testing
• Professional‑level English proficiency (written and spoken)
• Interest in and initial hands‑on experience with AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, AI‑assisted test generation)

Nice to have

• Experience with performance and load testing (e.g., k6, JMeter)
• Experience with security and penetration testing
• Familiarity with cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail, Zephyr)
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Grafana, ELK Stack)
• German language skills

Why Xempus

• Join one of the leading insurtechs in Europe as it enters its next growth phase
• Generous employee stock option programme
• Company pension scheme
• Corporate health insurance
• Creative freedom and quick decision‑making structures
• Great team spirit with company parties and charity events
• Hybrid working option for maximum flexibility
• Individual annual training budget and free courses
• Health offering such as bike leasing and EGYM Wellpass
• Modern offices in a central location with free drinks and fruit
• Unpaid extra holiday in addition to the standard 30‑day entitlement

Contact

Does that sound like your kind of job? Then apply now! If you have any questions or need assistance with the recruitment process, Marta Von Deimling ( ) is happy to help.

We’re an equal‑opportunity employer. We ensure that no applicant is subject to less‑favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. Hiring decisions are based on skills, qualifications, and experience.