Senior QA Engineer

At IDnow, we believe innovation is finding solutions to problems that don't yet exist but are sure to impact our future.
Making the connected world a safer place
is and has been our vision from the very beginning.

Our
identity verification SaaS solutions enable businesses to make reliable, informed decisions in an instant. We offer robust, secure and seamless solutions to protect against player fraud, identity theft or forging signatures.
It is not only mandatory and reduces business loss, but it also becomes a highly competitive advantage, as customer experience and retention rates improve substantially. We help our clients to increase security, improve customer conversion, and streamline their onboarding process.

We understand that regulation and our clients' requirements are constantly evolving, so we evolve with them.
Thanks to our close relationships with industry regulators
, our solutions comply with multi-jurisdictional KYC ("Know Your Customer") regulations, allowing customers to process a wide variety of identity documents, and onboard and service consumers from all around the world in different markets and countries.

This position is based in Germany, preferably Munich / Berlin (Hybrid working available).
As a
Senior QA Engineer
, you will be part of our Quality Assurance Centre of Excellence — ensuring product quality, driving automation, and shaping scalable test processes in a dynamic and highly regulated environment. This is a hands-on role for an experienced QA professional passionate about building reliable, high-quality software that empowers trust in digital identity.

Key Responsibilities

• Test our software products end-to-end, ensuring functional correctness, stability, and performance.
• Identify, document, and track defects — collaborating with development teams to resolve them efficiently.
• Improve and refine QA/testing processes to enhance product quality and reliability.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, UX/design, customer support, operations, and other stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain automated tests using Python and relevant frameworks.
• Operate within an Agile Scrum team, participating in sprint ceremonies and contributing to high-quality releases.
• Contribute to continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Be part of the Quality Assurance Centre of Excellence, sharing best practices and mentoring team members.

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in software QA and automation.
• Strong hands-on skills in Python for test automation.
• Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience with API testing (e.g., Postman, REST Assured).
• Familiarity with UI/mobile automation tools such as Selenium or Appium.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Proactive, autonomous, and confident in making technical QA decisions.
• Fluent English (written and spoken); basic German language skills are a plus.

Bonus Skills

• Background in compliance-heavy domains (FinTech, Identity, KYC).
• Experience with performance or security testing tools.
• Familiarity with cloud-based test environments or containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).

Perks & Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Use your full access to the mental health platform nilo, including 1on1 sessions.
• We value personal and professional development: make full use of Udemy, our training platform with 24/7 access and unlimited content/course consumption incl. certification.
• We make your remote work comfy: we provide support on equipment and offer flexible working hours.
• We value collaboration & love to come together: regular onsite gatherings, internal initiatives and summer parties to connect outside of work.
• May your family require your attention or other reasons apply: use the benefit of our paid special leave days.
• Enjoy the possibility to combine work with a longer stay at your holiday destination or extend a weekend with our Workcation possibilities.
• In addition to the perks & benefits above, we offer specific benefits that differ between our locations.

IDnow applies the principles of non-discrimination and equality: We strive to establish, maintain, and promote an open and inclusive recruitment process and working environment by respecting the principles of equal opportunities. Including but not limited to: sex, race or ethnic origin, religion or convictions, gender identity, citizenship, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.