Junior QA Automation Engineer

Summary

We are looking for a Junior QA Automation Engineer with solid technical fundamentals, a strong quality mindset, and the ability to clearly separate business intent from technical implementation.
The ideal candidate is motivated to grow in test automation for financial systems based on Java, BDD, and messaging-based architectures.

Junior QA Automation Engineer (Java / BDD / Financial Systems)

Contract type: B2B only

Work model: hybrid (Warsaw)

Must Have

Java & Automation Fundamentals

• Basic knowledge of Java 17

• Ability to read and modify existing code

• Understanding of core concepts: classes, interfaces, collections, exceptions

• Familiarity with basic design patterns (Builder, Factory – conceptual level)

BDD & Test Automation

• Basic knowledge of Cucumber and BDD

• Understanding of Gherkin syntax (Given / When / Then)

• Ability to create and maintain BDD scenarios

• Clear distinction between business scenarios and technical step implementation

• Understanding that automated tests are production-level code

CI/CD & Tooling

• CI/CD awareness

• Basic experience with Jenkins

• Ability to run jobs, read build logs, and identify failures

Quality & Engineering Mindset

• QA-oriented mindset with strong focus on quality, stability, and test maintainability

• Analytical thinking and attention to detail

• Understanding of system architecture fundamentals

• Knowledge of client–server architecture

• Basic understanding of microservices architecture and inter-service communication

Attitude

• Strong willingness to learn and grow

• Openness to feedback and continuous improvement

Should Have

• Understanding of software testing fundamentals

• Experience in manual testing (commercial or project-based)

• Ability to work with Kibana (searching, filtering, analyzing logs)

• Basic proficiency with Unix/Linux CLI

Nice to Have

• Basic knowledge of financial markets, especially FX

• Understanding of concepts such as currency pairs, orders, trades, spot vs forward

• Basic familiarity with the FIX protocol

• Understanding of FIX message structure and message types

• Basic understanding of Spring Framework concepts (e.g. dependency injection)

• Familiarity with JUnit 5 (test structure, assertions, lifecycle)