QA Engineer (f/m/d) Platform Products

At IONOS, the leading European provider of cloud infrastructure, cloud services and hosting services, you will work together with a wide range of teams. We are characterized by open structures, a friendly working culture and flat hierarchies with a strong team spirit. We firmly believe that work and fun are compatible, and offer you the right environment for this. Our constant growth means that we are always looking for new colleagues. Become part of IONOS and grow with us.

We are looking for a motivated QA Engineer to join our Platform Products division. In this role, you will help ensure the quality and reliability of our products by supporting clear requirements, test planning, and acceptance criteria. You’ll work closely with developers and product owners to establish what “done” means for new features, and ensure that releases meet both functional and non-functional expectations.

Tasks

• Collaborate with the team to define testable requirements, acceptance criteria, and customer impacts.
• Review and validate user stories to ensure they are clear, consistent, and verifiable.
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases, and QA documentation to ensure a thorough test automation process, including regression tests and smoke tests.
• Verify that implemented features meet agreed acceptance criteria before release and support the release process by ensuring quality checks are completed.
• Having regular QA communication with the team members about discovered issues, risks, and uncertainties, and tracking, prioritizing, and reporting defects to the development team
• Continuously learn about Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies to better support the QA process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software testing and QA and its methodologies (functional, regression, acceptance, exploratory testing).
• Strong understanding of writing and reviewing acceptance criteria or test cases.
• Strong understanding of testing approaches, such as API, end-to-end, regression, manual, and automated testing.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to spot gaps or inconsistencies in requirements.
• Strong understanding of Observability and Monitoring solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, etc) and Linux and command-line tools.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of automated testing frameworks or scripting (Go, Python, Bash).

Nice To Have

• Exposure to containers (Docker) and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of low-level architecture, programming, and networking.
• Experience using issue tracking/project management tools (e.g., Jira, GitHub Projects).
• ISTQB certification or similar QA foundation training.

Benefits

• Hybrid working model.
• Flexible working hours through trust-based working hours.
• At some locations a subsidized canteen and various free drinks.
• Modern office space with very good transport connections.
• Various employee discounts for activities and products.
• Employee events such as summer and winter parties, as well as workshops.
• Numerous training and development opportunities.
• Various health offers, such as sports and health courses.

About Ionos

IONOS is the leading European digitalization partner for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). The company serves around six million customers and operates across 18 markets in Europe and North America, with its services being accessible worldwide. With its Web Presence & Productivity portfolio, IONOS acts as a 'one-stop shop' for all digitalization needs: from domains and web hosting to classic website builders and do-it-yourself solutions, from e-commerce to online marketing tools. In addition, the company offers Cloud Solutions to enterprises who are looking to move to the cloud as their businesses evolve. 

We value diversity and welcome all applications - regardless of, for example, gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity, physical characteristics, marital status or any other irrelevant factor subject to applicable law.