Senior Test Automation Engineer

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Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software & information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most.

You’ll be supported by collaborative colleagues who share a purpose. We are 21,000 people unique in our dreams, life stories, abilities, and passions who come together every day with one ambition: to make a difference. We do our best work together, connecting to create new innovations with impact.

Job description

Your passion is quality and test automation in software environments? You are appreciating an environment of flat hierarchies and international cross-functional agile teams? The challenge to provide secure and high quality software for our Online Payroll customers and their clients thrills you? Then we look forward to getting to know you! You analyze, develop and maintain the tests for business-critical solutions and customer processes, like employee onboarding, absence management and clearing procedures.

Responsibilities​

• You are responsible for developing automated tests (UI - Playwright, API- Rest Assured)
• You analyze the test results and configure automated tests to execute reliably and efficiently in CI/CD environments.
• You work closely together with the product owner and the developers for the bug reporting and bug analysis.
• You bring in your own ideas and contribute to the framework, you design the test strategy and you develop and maintain the testing tools.
• Define and enforce testing standards, conventions, and architectural guidelines across the team.
• Apply risk-based testing approaches to prioritize coverage and communicate trade-offs effectively.
• Investigate and resolve test instability, including issues related to timing, environment differences, and asynchronous behavior

Requirements

• You have hands on experience in testing frameworks and coding languages (We are using Playwright with JAVA but similar frameworks/coding language are ok also) .
• You are familiar with CI environments such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
• Experience balancing UI and API testing in line with modern testing strategies
• Good understanding of test automation architecture and maintainable framework design
• Awareness of AI-assisted development/testing tools and their trade-offs (not required but is a plus)
• You are a true team player, have strong communication skills and appreciate an agile, interdisciplinary team.
• You take ownership and work independently
• Great communication skills in English (German language knowledge is a plus)

Our Offer

• Room for personal development through external, internal training tools and learning and development program #GROW. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong 
• Yearly performance bonus based on your seniority
• Referral bonus, meal vouchers, monthly allowance, gift vouchers twice a year
• Corporate Health Insurance
• Mindfulness and Wellbeing programs (Wellbeats, MyQuillibrium, Compsych, Mind & Body webinars)
• Up to 28 days of annual leave based on seniority
• We have a strong Work from Home culture and take into consideration punctual needs and more
• Flexible working schedule. You’ll find the flexibility for balance in your life
• Being part of Wolters Kluwer you will contribute to the development of our own products and software solutions. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.