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:

• 💰 Total Transparency: No guessing games. We offer a competitive salary and provide full compensation transparency during your very first call with our Recruitment team.
• 🏆 Annual Performance Bonuses: Your results matter. Exceptional performance is rewarded with annual performance-based bonuses.
• 📈 Growth-Driven Rewards: Your impact is recognized with Annual Bonuses and a structured growth path supported by 2 Performance Reviews per year.
• 💳 Monthly Flex-Benefit: Take control of your perks with 1,375 RON per month on our flexible benefit platform - spend it on what matters most to you!
• 🏡 Work Your Way: enjoy the freedom of Remote or Hybrid work tailored to your needs and wishes.
• 🩺 Premium Wellness: Stay at your best with a Premium Medical Subscription at Regina Maria for you and your peace of mind.
• 🌴 Rest & Recharge: We value your downtime. Enjoy 25 days of PTO + 2 extra "Lucanet Days" per year to ensure you stay refreshed and inspired