The Role

We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer to act as a hybrid quality champion within our engineering department. In this position, you will bridge the gap between manual and automated testing, leading the transition toward a highly automated, AI-assisted QA environment.

You will join the Data Import team (“Script Kitties”), a cross-functional product team responsible for one of the most critical areas of the Lucanet platform: importing large volumes of customer financial data into our financial warehouse and reporting entities.

This capability underpins month-end closing and financial reporting for our customers. The team works closely with other product areas within Corporate Financial Planning (CFP) and the Data Platform team to ensure reliability, scalability, and data correctness.

From a quality perspective, this area comes with real complexity: high data volumes, complex business rules, and strong expectations around accuracy. The team is actively evolving how quality is owned, moving from traditional QA towards quality engineering and developer-led testing, with QA acting as a strategic partner across the full software development life cycle.

The core mission for this project is to implement a robust 'developer-led testing' methodology. We are actively shifting quality responsibilities to the development team, empowering our developers to write their own tests. Your role will be to act as a quality consultant, guiding, pair-programming, and verifying the work of the developers rather than solely writing tests in isolation. You will also work closely with a wider QA community of seven automation engineers to ensure our testing strategy is scalable.

What you'll do

• Champion Developer-Led Testing: Mentor software engineers through pair programming and knowledge sharing, enabling them to confidently write and execute their own tests.
• Enhance Test Automation Frameworks: Develop, maintain, and scale robust E2E test automation frameworks to handle complex financial data and ERP-like navigation.
• Implement Agentic Test Generation: Utilise AI tooling (such as Cursor, Claude, or OpenAI) systematically to generate tests, write code, and optimise QA workflows.
• Drive Testing Strategy: Continuously evaluate and challenge the current testing architecture, proposing improvements and contributing to a cohesive, cross-team strategy.
• Execute End-to-End Testing: Oversee comprehensive testing across both the back-end (managing massive data stubs) and the front-end (Angular interfaces).
• Monitor Post-Release Health: Establish and utilise monitoring tools (similar to Crashlytics) to track software stability in production, collaborating with the development team to quickly resolve issues.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work seamlessly with product managers, designers, developers, and the wider QA team of seven engineers to align on quality objectives.

What you bring to the table

• Extensive experience in QA automation, specifically with TypeScript and Playwright (including Playwright MCP or CLI).
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools (Cursor, Claude, OpenAI) systematically for coding and agentic test generation.
• Strong understanding of testing strategies, architecture, and developer-led testing / quality engineering methodologies.
• Experience testing complex systems with big data, preferably within financial software or ERP systems.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to challenge existing processes, propose ideas, and collaborate, rather than working in isolation.
• Familiarity with Java or Angular is highly beneficial as a nice-to-have skill.
• Previous experience transitioning teams from manual to hybrid QA, and a background in mentoring other engineers are great additions.

Perks at work:

• LucaFlex – We acknowledge that every individual has different working styles and preferences. Our flexible working model allows you to plan your working hours and location according to your needs and professional responsibilities.
• Work from Abroad – Sometimes a change of scenery can boost creativity and productivity, you can work up to 90 workdays outside your home country with the support from our partner Workflex.
• Team Spirit – We value teamwork and celebrate our achievements. That’s why we take many opportunities to get together, learn together, and cherish our successes together.
• Learning & Development – We encourage you to shape your own development with the support of dedicated time, resources, and budget provided by us.
• LucaNet Engage – Our feedback process is designed to support your personal and professional development in a targeted manner through regular dialogue.
• LucaNet Do Good– As a company we want to give back and support you in taking the time to do some good, individually or as a team, with paid volunteer time.
• Health & Wellbeing – Your overall wellbeing is important to us, which is why we offer tailored health and wellbeing programs, including company-wide initiatives, subsidies for sports activities, mental health support, and counseling through our external partners.
• Generous leave policy – We encourage you to take time off to relax, travel, and recharge.
• Compensation & Company Pension Plan – We are committed to equal pay and supporting you for your future by offering a company pension plan and/or pension allowances.