QA Automation Engineer

The Hornetsecurity Group is the leading cloud security provider in Europe, protecting the IT infrastructure, digital communication, and data of companies and organizations of all sizes.

Boost your career and join our swarm (full-time/starting as soon as possible) in Skopje!

Your Job

• You own quality across the full product lifecycle, from requirement refinement and design reviews to release validation and post-production monitoring.
• You design and execute coherent test plans that cover functional requirements, edge cases, and regression paths.
• You perform high-value manual and exploratory testing for complex features, critical user journeys, and areas where automation is not yet appropriate.
• You identify quality risks early and prioritize testing efforts based on business impact, technical complexity, and user exposure.
• You create, maintain, and scale automated test suites for web applications and APIs.
• You ensure a healthy automation pyramid by maintaining a high-coverage regression suite that provides fast feedback loops.
• You monitor and analyze automated test results within the delivery pipeline to ensure stable releases.
• You manage test data, environments, and dependencies using containerization and mocking techniques to ensure repeatable and isolated test execution.
• You collaborate with Product Owners to refine testable, business-aligned user stories, and work with engineers to improve testability and remove automation blockers.
• You promote quality best practices and mentor QA engineers.

Your Profile

• You have proven experience building and maintaining at least one modern automation framework (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium … ). Expertise in Playwright is a major advantage.
• You are comfortable writing clean, maintainable code. TypeScript is our language of choice, and proficiency in it is a huge plus.
• You know how to test APIs thoroughly and have experience with API mocking to handle dependencies and isolate frontend tests.
• You have a solid understanding of Docker for containerizing test environments and are familiar with integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• You can bridge the gap between business needs and technical constraints, translating complex features into logical, effective test scenarios.
• You are comfortable challenging both product and engineering to ensure the best outcome for the user.

Nice to Have

• Experience with observability tools (logs, metrics, tracing) to support production validation and incident analysis
• Familiarity with contract testing and test-driven development (TDD/BDD) practices
• Experience working in complex, distributed systems or SaaS environments
• Experience working in cybersecurity

Your Benefits

• Free space for innovation and independent action in a fast-growing international company.
• Short decision paths and flat hierarchies in an open work atmosphere.
• Extensive onboarding with a welcome kit, 2-day Onboarding Bootcamp, a Mentoring Program, and regular feedback meetings.
• Temporary Employee Exchange Program – we provide the ability for you to work at our global office locations and explore the world (e.g. Berlin, Madrid, Malta, Montréal).
• Home-office-option (in a hybrid setting) and flexible working time.
• Team events like Laser Tag, Office Movie Nights, Foodie Fridays and much more – let yourself be surprised!
• FitKit subscription and private insurance for your health!
• Referral Bonus – 1500€ for each successful referral.