Senior QA Automation Engineer

About the role

instinctools is seeking a Senior QA Automation Engineer for a global mobility and urban services platform operating in over 700 cities. You will join a fully automated QA team that collaborates closely with data scientists and developers to ensure AI‑driven services deliver measurable value to users.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in all stages of the product lifecycle, from concept through deployment, testing backend services and analysing results.
• Write and maintain API automated tests using Pytest and keep test plans, cases, and documentation up to date.
• Identify, document, and track bugs through a bug‑tracking system and perform regression testing to guarantee stability after changes.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and TechOps to clarify requirements and improve quality management processes.

Required profile

• 5+ years of total engineering experience, with at least 3 years in automation, primarily backend testing.
• Strong Python skills (Pytest) and solid Linux/Bash experience.
• Understanding of Docker/Kubernetes and basic CI/CD pipelines, with ability to analyse backend service logs.
• Experience testing RESTful and gRPC APIs and basic SQL proficiency.
• Familiarity with Kafka and Kibana or willingness to learn quickly.
• Good grasp of client‑server or microservice architecture.
• Comfortable treating ML models as a black box for testing purposes.
• Active use of AI assistants in daily work and intermediate English (B1+).

Required skills

• Python
• Pytest
• Linux
• Bash
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• REST API
• gRPC
• Kafka
• Kibana
• SQL
• AI Assistants

What we offer

• Flexible working time and fully remote work.
• Social benefits and perks.
• Professional and ambitious team with transparent career development.
• Learning opportunities, seminars, conferences and time for exploring new technologies.
• Opportunities to participate in meetups and conferences to develop professional communities.