Jobs Ivano-Frankivsk, QA Automation

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We're a small, dynamic team looking for a passionate Junior QA/SDET who's eager to master both manual and automated testing. You'll work directly alongside our senior engineers on real projects, starting with manual testing and progressively building your automation skills across multiple languages and frameworks.

About This Opportunity

As a small company, we provide direct mentorship from experienced developers who are invested in your growth. You won't be lost in a corporate training program – instead, you'll be testing real projects from day one, with senior engineers guiding you through challenges. We'll help you evolve from manual testing to building robust automation frameworks and discovering where your testing expertise can make the biggest impact.

What You'll Do

• Start with comprehensive manual testing to deeply understand our applications
• Gradually transition to writing automated tests, primarily in JS/TS stack
• Build test automation for both frontend interfaces and backend services
• Design and execute test plans, test cases, and bug reports
• Develop automated test suites using modern frameworks
• Participate in code reviews for both application code and test code
• Collaborate with developers to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle
• Work directly with senior engineers who will guide your automation journey
• Take ownership of quality assurance for features as your skills grow

What We're Looking For

Required Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies
• Basic programming knowledge in at least one language
• Attention to detail and ability to think like a user
• Understanding of web applications and how they work
• Familiarity with bug tracking and test management tools
• Strong communication skills for clear bug reporting
• English proficiency (Upper-Intermediate or higher)
• Ability to work from our Ivano-Frankivsk office

Nice to Have

• Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Jest, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of API testing tools (Postman, REST clients)
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts
• Experience with Git version control
• Knowledge of SQL for database testing
• Personal projects or coursework in testing/automation
• Curiosity about different testing approaches and tools

Our Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, React Native, Expo, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Nest.js/Node.js (primarily), with some Python and Go projects
• Cloud: AWS
• Testing: You'll help us build and improve our testing infrastructure!

What We Offer

Growth & Development

• Direct mentorship from senior developers who work alongside you
• Real project testing experience from your first week
• Clear progression path from manual testing to test automation
• Exposure to multiple programming languages and testing frameworks
• Opportunity to shape our testing processes and tools as we grow

Work Environment

• Small, tight-knit team where your contributions matter
• Office in Promprylad, Ivano-Frankivsk
• Direct communication – no corporate bureaucracy
• Safe environment to learn, experiment, and grow
• Regular team discussions and knowledge sharing

Benefits

• Performance-based salary reviews as you develop
• Flexible working hours
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Opportunity to make a real impact in a growing company

Why Join Us?

In a small company, you're not just employee #500 – you're a valued team member whose growth directly contributes to our success. Quality is crucial to our products, and we need someone who can grow from manual testing into automation expertise. Our senior engineers are passionate about sharing knowledge and will help you build strong testing and development skills. You'll have the unique opportunity to shape our quality processes from the ground up.

How to Apply

Send us:

1. Your CV/Resume
2. Links to any projects you're proud of (testing projects, automation scripts, or any coding work)
3. A brief note about what excites you about quality assurance and test automation, and what areas you're curious to explore

Location: Office-based in Promprylad, Ivano-Frankivsk

Start Date: As soon as possible

We're a small but ambitious team. If you're looking for a place where you can learn fast, contribute meaningfully to product quality, and build your path from manual testing to test automation with personal guidance from experienced developers, we'd love to hear from you

About N-iX: 
N-iX is an international software development service company that partners with businesses worldwide to help them create successful software products.

Client Overview:
Our client is involved in a large-scale Data Transformation project, with a focus on solidifying the foundation of their data operations. They are aiming to ensure that data is accurate, consistent, and available at critical times to support their business needs. 

Project Objectives:
The objective of this project is to enhance the QA processes through the implementation of automation within the Data landscape. This includes developing and maintaining regression testing suites, and creating test scripts and automation plans to improve the overall efficiency and quality of data testing practices.

Responsibilities:

• Design and execute data validation tests to ensure completeness in Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Synapse, and Databricks.
• Verify data ingestion, transformation, and loading (ETL/ELT) processes in Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Validate data schema, constraints, and format consistency across different storage layers
• Conduct performance testing on data pipelines
• Optimize query performance by working with data engineers
• Identify, log, and track defects in JIRA.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Business Analysts to resolve data inconsistencies.
• Generate detailed test reports, dashboards, and documentation for stakeholders.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of QA experience with a strong focus on Big Data testing, particularly with hands-on experience in Data Lake environments on any cloud platform (preferably Azure).
• Hands-on experience in Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, or similar services. 
• Experience with Databricks.
• Proficiency in SQL, capable of writing and optimizing both simple and complex queries for data validation and testing purposes.
• Experienced in PySpark, with experience in data manipulation and transformation, and a demonstrated ability to write and execute test scripts for data processing and validation (ability to understand the code and convert the logic to SQL).
• Hands-on experience with Functional & System Integration Testing in big data environments, ensuring seamless data flow and accuracy across multiple systems.
• Knowledge and ability to design and execute test cases in a behavior-driven development environment.
• Fluency in Agile methodologies, with active participation in Scrum ceremonies and a strong understanding of Agile principles.
• Familiarity with tools like Jira, including experience with X-Ray for defect management and test case management.
• Proven experience working on high-traffic and large-scale software products, ensuring data quality, reliability, and performance under demanding conditions.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Azure.
• Familiarity with database administration and optimization techniques.

We Offer:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible.
• A competitive salary and good compensation package.
• Personalized career growth.
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more).
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing.
• Education reimbursement.
• Memorable anniversary presents.
• Corporate events and team buildings.
• Other location-specific benefits.

Required Skills and Experience (Must Have)

• Hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., IAM, SQS, RDS, Redis/ElastiCache, S3, SNS, Lambda, VPC), including troubleshooting misconfigurations and dependency issues across environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python for automation frameworks, test development, and scripting; ability to read/debug Go services is a plus.
• Practical Kubernetes experience (namespaces, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps/Secrets, RBAC, HPA, Helm) sufficient to reason about application deployment, scaling, and test impact.
• Experience designing black-box/gray-box tests for infrastructure and configuration correctness, ideally in a GitOps / Infrastructure-as-Code setup (Terraform, Git repositories as the source of truth).
• Comfortable using observability platforms (New Relic, OpenTelemetry, or similar) to monitor latency, error rates, saturation, and dependencies as part of validation and troubleshooting.
• Solid QA fundamentals: risk-based testing, regression/system testing, integration testing, and exploratory testing, ideally in a safety- or compliance-critical domain (e.g., medical devices, FinTech).
• Strong communication: ability to explain complex systems clearly, lead discussions on release risk, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• Experience validating Infrastructure-as-Code using tools like Terratest or equivalent custom test frameworks to verify Terraform modules, networking, RBAC, and critical resources.
• Familiarity with GitOps tooling and workflows such as Argo CD, Helmfile/Helm charts, and Git-based environment promotion.
• Experience designing and running performance, load, or stress tests (e.g., JMeter, k6, Gatling) and interpreting results to drive scaling and optimization decisions.
• Background or exposure to SRE/DevSecOps practices (SLIs/SLOs, reliability and security checks in pipelines), and observability in service meshes (Istio/Linkerd) or with Cilium/eBPF.
• Prior experience in medical/HealthTech products or other regulated industries, understanding compliance, audit trails, and validation expectations.

Job Responsibilities

As a Senior Infrastructure-aware QA Automation Specialist, you will design and implement automated tests for APIs, backend services, and cloud infrastructure, ensuring correctness across environments and CI/CD pipelines for medical software and connected devices. You will collaborate closely with Developers, SRE/DevOps, and Product to use IaC, GitOps, and observability platforms (e.g., New Relic) to validate system health, scalability, and reliability before and after releases. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites for APIs, backend services, and infrastructure/configuration correctness in AWS and Kubernetes-based environments.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab/Jenkins) as risk-based quality gates, defining stages, thresholds, and actions on failure in collaboration with Dev and SRE teams.
• Validate infrastructure and environments across Dev/QA/Prod-like stages using Terraform/IaC definitions, Kubernetes resources, and configuration checks, preventing config-to-resource mismatches.
• Use observability tools (New Relic, OpenTelemetry-based stacks, or similar) to define key signals, validate releases, investigate incidents, and distinguish between application, infra, and environment noise.

• Contribute to performance and scalability testing (e.g., JMeter or similar), helping design scenarios, interpret metrics, and influence scaling and capacity decisions.

   

Department/Project Description

Our client is an innovative manufacturer of medical devices in the United States, producing devices and software applications.

In this project, you will have a great opportunity to be involved in the full development life cycle of medical software, which is designed to assist individuals by processing information from medical devices to identify health trends and track daily activities. In addition, there are opportunities to work with medical devices, in the scope of end-to-end testing.

We are delivering an MVP-phase enterprise solution focused on route planning, zoning logic, and real-time operational support.
The system includes a .NET backend (REST APIs), a mobile application for custodians, and a web interface for operational control.
Quality is enforced primarily through test automation, with manual testing used only where automation is not feasible.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as an Automation QA Engineer
• Strong experience with API test automation (REST)
• Hands-on experience testing .NET-based backend systems
• Experience with mobile test automation: Android
• Programming skills in C#, Java, or Kotlin (for test automation)
  Experience with:
  – CI/CD tools (AWS)
  – version control systems

• Understanding of:
  – client–server architecture
  – authentication & authorization mechanisms
  – mobile app lifecycle and limitations in automation

   

Job responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks for:
  – NET backend (API automation)
  – Mobile application (Android and/or iOS)
• Develop and execute automated end-to-end test scenarios covering:
  – authentication and role-based access
  – route generation and recalculation
  – manual overrides and prioritization
  – GPS-related flows (where automatable)
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure automated regression coverage for MVP scope
• Analyze test results, investigate failures, and collaborate with developers on fixes
• Define and maintain test data and test environments
• Actively support UAT readiness through stable automated regression
• Contribute to quality gates and release readiness decisions