Quality Assurance Engineer II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Slovakia.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of quality assurance for high-volume, real-time customer data systems throughout various integrations.

• Design and manage black-box, API-level, integration, and end-to-end test automation specifically for Data Pipeline services, focusing on imports.

• Develop and maintain automated test suites in GitLab CI/CD, ensuring they gate deployments and detect regressions.

• Analyze Go/Python pipeline code to identify deficiencies and create effective test cases.

• Lead the test strategy during grooming and design reviews, addressing test types, acceptance criteria, edge cases, and failure modes.

• Collaborate with the current Data Pipeline QA team to promote automation and testing practices adjacent to code.

• Utilize telemetry and reproduction techniques to convert production incidents into automated regression tests.

• Grasp and evaluate tracking, imports, exports, and various storage flows from end to end.

• Enhance quality coverage, improve CI feedback speed, and boost release confidence throughout the Data Pipeline core.

⛳️ Requirements

• Write test automation code, including CI integration and API tests, using Python, Go, or a similar programming language.

• Proficiently read backend/pipeline code in Go or Python to identify gaps and analyze cross-component failures.

• Own black-box, API, and integration/end-to-end automation processes.

• Eagerness to work predominantly in code and automation tasks.

• Comfortable engaging in grooming and design discussions from the very beginning with a shift-left perspective.

• Capability to learn and adapt within a large codebase and data domain.

• Ability to operate efficiently in a remote-first work environment.

• Fluent use of AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, or Gemini CLI.

• Previous backend experience is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with ETL/data-pipeline testing is strongly preferred.

• Experience testing systems built on Kafka, GCP, or BigQuery is strongly preferred.

• Knowledge of Robot Framework, Playwright, or API testing tools like Postman is strongly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• A significant level of freedom and trust; no need for clocking in and out, corporate rules, or lengthy approval processes.

• Flexible working hours.

• Virtual-first work environment with Bloomreach Hubs situated across three continents.

• Company events.

• 5 paid days off for volunteering.

• People Development Program and personal development workshops.

• Support from communication coaches.

• Leader Development Program.

• $1,500 annual budget for professional education, including books, courses, certifications, etc.

• Employee Assistance Program that includes access to counselors.

• Subscription to Calm.

• An additional DisConnect day off each quarter.

• Opportunities for sports, yoga, and meditation.

• Extended parental leave of up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers.

• Either Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options, based on role, seniority, and location.

• Company performance bonus.

• Employee referral bonus of up to $3,000.

• Rewards for work anniversaries.