Senior Automation QA Engineer - REX

What you will do. A glimpse in your role:

We’re looking for a passionate QA Engineer to strengthen our team working on our in-house refunding applications. As part of a cross-functional agile squad, you’ll play a key role in making sure every release is delivered on time, at the highest quality, and with confidence.

In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with Product Managers, Developers, and fellow QA professionals, turning requirements into robust test strategies and continuously raising the quality bar. Reporting to the Development Lead, you’ll also help shape and align with Global Blue’s QA standards, while driving improvements in our processes, tools, and ways of working.

This is your opportunity to deep-dive into complex systems, influence how quality is built in—not just tested—and make a real impact on products used around the globe.

If you’re curious, collaborative, and passionate about quality, we’d love to have you on the journey.

Every action has an impact. You will make a difference here if:

• Review and challenge incoming requirements to ensure completeness and provide estimations
• Create, maintain, and execute manual and automated test cases. These tests concern functional as well as non-functional (quality) criteria of the systems under test.
• Create and maintain test data
• Become and stay an expert in the setup, configuration, and usage of the applications under test
• Perform deployments for testing purposes
• Understand the business processes and business needs for being able to perform reasonable exploratory testing
• Provide reasonable quality information and test reporting of your tests, highlight possible delays in time
• Coordinate/cooperate with the team, the QA organisation, the Product Owner, and other stakeholders
• Join and contribute to agile team meetings (backlog grooming, retrospective, review, …)
• Take a leading role on certain releases or projects within the team
• Identify improvement needs and actively drive its implementations in cooperation with the team
• Show high quality focus in all aspects of the role: documentation, test definition and results, communication, processes

Reporting and collaboration

• The holder of the position reports directly to the Development Lead
• The candidate makes sure that the QA processes within the team are inline with the expectations of the SQA Manager
• The role requires collaboration with the team, the QA organisation, the Product Owners, and other stakeholders

Key competencies to empower your journey. You'll drive towards success if:

• Fluent English – strong written and spoken communication skills
• A solid understanding of test and review processes across the SDLC
• Hands-on SQL knowledge for data validation and analysis
• Strong Java coding skills
• Proven experience with test automation and modern test frameworks
• Good understanding of non-functional testing (e.g., performance, reliability)
• IT infrastructure / environment knowledge
• A problem-solver mindset with a structured and quality-driven approach
• The ability to work independently, accurately, and with a strong sense of ownership
• A self-motivated, proactive personality
• Enthusiasm for working in a diverse, multicultural environment
• A flexible and creative (“out-of-the-box”) way of thinking

Nice to have

• Experience in the finance industry

Education & certifications

• High school diploma or equivalent practical experience
• ISTQB® Certified Tester – Foundation Level (CTFL) or comparable testing knowledge

Experience

• 6+ years of experience in testing and/or development
• Proven track record working in Agile environments

Together, we go further:

At Global Blue, great work happens when talented people come together in a supportive and inspiring environment. Here’s what you can expect:

• A role in a fast-growing, international company
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth
• A multicultural workplace, collaborating with colleagues worldwide
• Inspiring