Senior QA Automation Specialist - KRAKÓW

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions. We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture. In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as McLaren, Aviva, Deloitte, Spotify, Disney, ING, UPS, Tesco, Truecaller, AllSaints, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, Allegro, InPost, and many, many more. We work with leading technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake, and combine strong engineering culture with a consulting mindset and a continuous focus on growth and knowledge sharing. You will be: working from the office 3 times a week in Kraków, designing, building, and maintaining robust automated test suites for web and mobile applications using Selenium and BDD frameworks (Cucumber), developing and scaling test automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API services, supporting high-traffic applications, performing API testing and automation using Postman or Rest Assured (we’ll train you on either if needed), enhancing and extending our API/Web Service automation frameworks to keep up with evolving product needs, writing and managing clear test plans, test cases, and test scripts to ensure traceability and coverage, executing manual and automated test cases; report, track, and manage defects using Jira, estimating, prioritizing, and planning testing activities within agile delivery teams, performing functional and integration testing of complex systems, ensuring that all services, components, and integrations work seamlessly, integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines with Git, Gradle/Maven, and Jenkins, participating in sprint ceremonies, product demos, and release reviews, acting as the quality champion in your squad. Your profile: 6+ years of experience in Functional Requirement Gathering, 6+ years of experience in Selenium Test Automation using BDD principles, 4 years of hands-on experience with Cucumber, 4 years of experience in API Test Automation using karate and/or rest assured, 2 years of experience with GIT, experience in designing, developing, and maintaining test automation frameworks, experience with build tools such as maven or Gradle, experience working with ci/cd pipelines using Jenkins, experience with Postman, experience in database testing, including SQL queries and data validation, practical experience using AI-powered assistants (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) to improve productivity, quality, or decision-making in software delivery, Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required. Nice to have: experience applying GenAI in a more structured way within the SDLC, including defined workflows, prompt patterns, or tool integrations embedded into daily work, interest in and familiarity with emerging AI-driven practices (e.g. agent-based workflows, automation patterns, AI-augmented development), with a willingness to explore and experiment beyond standard approaches. Recruitment Process: CV review – HR call – Interview – Client Interview – Decision