Automation QA Engineer
Eastoner is a technology consulting and custom software development company, helping businesses transform ideas into digital solutions. We specialize in building scalable web platforms and intuitive mobile applications for clients across the US, EU, and other strategic markets. With a strong engineering culture, deep industry expertise, and a focus on delivering real business outcomes, we help startups and established companies innovate, grow, and stay ahead of the curve. Our team works closely with clients to ensure every product we develop is functional, user-centric, and market-ready.
About the Role
We are looking for an Automation QA Engineer to join our team and help ensure the quality, reliability, and scalability of a financial systems integration platform. You will work closely with developers, product stakeholders, and business analysts to validate complex workflows, APIs, data exchanges, and integrations between multiple enterprise systems.
The ideal candidate has strong experience in API and backend test automation, enjoys investigating data flows across distributed systems, and can proactively improve quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites
- Create and execute test cases for APIs, backend services, integrations, and business workflows
- Validate data consistency across multiple systems and databases
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing
- Analyze requirements and identify edge cases, risks, and potential quality gaps
- Investigate defects and collaborate with developers on root cause analysis
- Verify financial calculations, data transformations, and synchronization processes
- Participate in sprint planning, refinement, and release activities
- Monitor test execution results and maintain quality metrics
- Improve CI/CD quality gates and automated testing coverage
- Assist in creating testing documentation and quality processes
Requirements:
- 3+ years of commercial experience in Quality Assurance
- 2+ years of Automation QA experience
- Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and SDLC
- Experience testing REST APIs and microservices
- Hands-on experience with automation frameworks (Java) and tools such as Postman or Rest Assured
- Experience validating backend integrations and data flows
- Experience with relational databases and writing SQL queries
- Understanding of JSON, XML, and API communication concepts
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
- Intermediate+ English
Automation Stack (Preferred)
Java, Rest Assured, JUnit/TestNG, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps, SQL.
Nice to Have:
- Experience in Finance, FinTech, Banking, Treasury, Payments, or ERP systems
- Experience with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus)
- Experience testing ETL or data integration processes; performance testing tools (JMeter, K6, Gatling)
- Knowledge of Docker, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), or basic UI automation (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium)
We Offer:
- 15 Days of vacation: Recharge and unwind with 15 business days of paid vacation each year.
- 12 Paid Sick Days: We care about your well-being — take time off whenever you need to feel your best.
- Public Holidays: Take time to celebrate, relax, and feel your best during official holidays.
- Accounting Support: Focus on your work — our accountant will take care of the paperwork.
- English Courses: Improve your communication skills with English lessons from native speakers.
- Professional Growth: We support your development by covering the cost of professional training and courses.
- Medical Insurance: Your well-being matters — we’ve got you covered with full medical support.
- Office: Work from our cozy Lviv office, fully equipped with generators and Starlink to keep you connected.
- Team Buildings: We love bringing people together — enjoy time with the team beyond work.
- IT Cluster Membership: Be part of the local tech community and enjoy exclusive perks.
- Work Equipment: Everything you need for comfortable work — laptop, mouse, keyboard.