Senior (Backend) Test Automation Engineer (m/f/d) - MaaS Intelligence

Join us as a Senior (Backend) Test Automation Engineer (m/f/d) in our MaaS Intelligence Domain on a shared journey that matters!

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Test Autuomation Engineer/ Quality Specialist to lead testing initiatives across our MaaS Intelligence domain, which is our core domain that orchestrates trips through trip management and service configuration, enabling seamless ridepooling experiences.

As a Quality Specialist in this domain, you'll drive testing strategies for backend services that multiple teams contribute to, identify gaps in quality processes, and establish best practices that elevate the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems.

You will collaborate closely with several cross-functional teams to ensure our ridepooling services run smoothly and efficiently for our customers. If you are passionate about automation, API testing, and enabling teams to own quality while driving technical excellence, we want you on board!

What you will do

• Lead Quality Initiatives across the Ridepooling Intelligence domain, serving as the primary QA resource for several engineering teams
• Implement a shift-left approach by actively participating in design discussions and identifying potential risks, edge cases, and use cases before development begins
• Design and implement comprehensive testing strategies for our ridepooling API and related backend services
• Identify quality gaps in our processes and test coverage, proactively addressing areas for improvement
• Develop and maintain automated test suites for gRPC, REST, and GraphQL APIs
• Drive adoption of testing best practices across engineering teams
• Establish quality metrics and reporting to track improvements
• Partner with developers and mentor them on quality practices and test-driven development

What will help you to fulfill your role

• Strong collaboration skills, working effectively across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, articulating clearly quality concerns, risks, and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Hands-on experience with backend test automation, using tools such as Postman, Swagger, REST Assured or similar API testing frameworks.
• Proven ability to set up and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
• Proficiency and proven experience in at least one modern, high-level programming language. We use Python, JVM languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
• Experience working with microservices architecture and distributed backend systems, including cloud-based deployments on AWS.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) to ensure continuous quality in deployments.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana, Kibana, and the ability to analyze logs for better issue resolution.
• A proactive, growth-oriented mindset with a strong eagerness to learn new technologies, ask the "right” questions during development and testing, and support teams in expanding their quality capabilities.

We encourage you to apply even if your profile does not meet all the requirements for the role since we are looking for a diverse range of experiences, skills, and interests. We are certain that there will be something for everyone because we are working on such a variety of tasks and embrace individual growth at MOIA.

In case you have questions regarding your application, you can approach the recruiter Patty or the hiring manager Janat directly.

Our benefits in a nutshell

• Competitive salary (including bonus)
• Hybrid work setup: Work from home or one of our offices - you and your team decide how often to meet, blending flexibility with collaboration!
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of flexible work arrangements depending on your needs (parenting, care work, volunteering, etc.)
• Budget and monthly expense allowance for home office setup
• Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries - learn more in our blog!
• Public transport ticket (fully subsidized "Deutschlandticket") for commuting and travelling throughout Germany and discount on MOIA rides
• Subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing
• Learning environment with continuous learning days, job rotation, trainings and workshops, coaching, conferences, books, and language classes
• Mental health support, 1:1 sessions with external professionals and mental unload workshops
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option
• Relocation support with service provider (visa, administration, etc.)
• Dog-friendly offices

For student & internship positions, we have an adjusted set of benefits. You can find them here.

Be who you are!

We are a member of Charta der Vielfalt and are dedicated to actively fostering a workplace that celebrates and promotes diversity in various aspects such as age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, and ethnicity. At MOIA, we embrace a culture where people are accepted, respected, valued, appreciated, and included.

In our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we regularly provide unconscious bias training to all our employees. Furthermore, we continuously strive to enhance our hiring process by ensuring a diverse hiring panel.

Our Future Work model

Since we love to collaborate, it is clear to us that we don't want to become a fully remote company, but we also don't need to spend every day of the week in the office to do a great job.

Our current hybrid work approach focuses on adapting to different needs, including increased flexibility that works best for the teams and the individuals with as much self-determination as possible.

Get more insights on how we work on our blog to find out more about our hiring process or follow us on Instagram for a look inside MOIA.

Who we are

At MOIA GmbH , o ur team of more than 350 employees develops the technical products for our on-demand ridepooling service in the form of an end-to-end integrated product, from hub, fleet, and driver management to passenger and B2B solutions. At the same time, we want to make the vision of an autonomously driving mobility service a reality and plan to bring the first autonomous MOIA ridepooling vehicle to the streets by 2025.

At our offices in Berlin and Hamburg, international teams of developers, engineers, designers, and strategists work on a shared mission. As a tech company, more than half of our employees are developers. We pursue value-driven development based on our product values of comfort, reliability, safety, and privacy.

We aspire to be a leading company in the fields of rethinking mobility and improving urban transportation by making it more relaxed, more affordable and an entirely positive experience for everyone.

MOIA gets things moving. On a shared journey – towards an easier, smarter, and more meaningful future.

Watch our company video here.

Your application to MOIA

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