Middle QAA Engineer (f/m/x)

Location: Bucharest, 6A Dimitrie Pompeiu Blvd

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank’s technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.

This role is for a Middle QAA Engineer within the Private Bank (PB) division at the Bucharest Excellence Centre, focusing on building world-class reporting solutions and ensuring data quality for core data systems and BI reports, with a strong emphasis on test automation.

The ideal candidate is a tester with growing experience, an effective communicator, comfortable interacting with stakeholders, with a solid background in testing complex data projects, motivated to actively contribute to Oracle-based reporting and excited to work on migrating to next-generation cloud data platforms and developing test automation.

Responsibilities:

Analysis & Planning:

• Analyze business and technical requirements to gain a deep understanding of data flows, business logic, and system architecture, with a particular focus on database interactions and cloud integrations.
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of the overall Test Strategy and Test Plans, while taking ownership of defining specific, comprehensive test scenarios for data, application logic, and cloud components.
• Contribute to test effort estimation and proactively identify risks, particularly those related to data integrity, performance, and scalability on cloud platforms.\

Design & Execution:

• Develops, writes, and maintains Test Cases to validate data integrity, transformation logic, and the accuracy of reporting outputs, including through automation.
• Performs various types of testing, including functional, integration, regression, and End-to-End (E2E), with an emphasis on data and API testing.
• Creates and manages the test data required to validate complex scenarios.
• Rigorously executes testing activities, analyzes, and documents the results in detail, utilizing appropriate automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Java-based automation).

Defect Analysis & Reporting:

• Identify, troubleshoot, and document defects in JIRA, providing clear and detailed information for the development teams, including steps to reproduce issues in complex data and cloud architectures.
• Retest corrections to ensure defects are fully resolved.
• Coordinate testing activities with internal teams, third-party vendors, and business users (UAT Support).

Leadership & Continuous Improvement:

• Applies Deutsche Bank's testing standards and contributes to promoting best practices within the team, especially in data testing, cloud testing, and test automation.
• Organizes monthly demo sessions to present project status to stakeholders.
• Actively contributes to the continuous improvement of development and testing processes.

Skills:

Technical Requirements & Experience:

• Minimum of 2-3 years of hands-on experience in software testing, with a demonstrated focus on data-centric projects and backend systems.
• Solid technical experience with the data lifecycle for reporting, including:
• Database Testing Expertise: Solid hands-on experience testing Oracle Databases. This includes:
• Data Integrity & Quality Validation: Verifying data accuracy, consistency, and correctness against business rules.
• Database Objects Testing: Testing stored procedures, functions, triggers, and views to ensure they function as expected.
• Source-to-Target Validation: Performing detailed checks to ensure data is transformed and loaded correctly into reporting tables.
• Advanced SQL: strong skills in writing complex SQL queries for data extraction, validation, comparison, and anomaly detection.
• Test Automation & Programming Skills: Solid programming skills in Java for developing robust and scalable test automation frameworks and scripts. Hands-on experience with tools like Selenium WebDriver, REST Assured, JUnit/TestNG, leveraging Java.

Methodologies & Tools:

• Proven experience with Agile methodologies and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Excellent knowledge of testing techniques (Black Box, White Box, System, Integration, Regression, Performance, Security). Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools: HP ALM and JIRA.

Personal Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills in English (both written and verbal).
• Ability to work effectively under pressure with a pragmatic and delivery-focused attitude.
• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving skills.
• Customer and service-oriented, with the ability to build effective working relationships with all stakeholders.

Preferred Experience (Nice to have):

• Experience in the financial services industry, with knowledge of Wealth Management or other financial products.
• Experience in coordinating UAT (User Acceptance Testing) activities.
• An openness and desire to learn and adapt to new technologies, specifically cloud data platforms.

Well-being & Benefits:

Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.

• Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.
• A professional, passionate, and fun workplace.
• A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.
• Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.
• A culture where you can openly speak about mental health.

Physically thriving: We support you in managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. For example, Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones, healthier ways of working and check-ups.

Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being.

• 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).
• Hybrid working model with 40% remote work.
• Options for flexible working hours.
• Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, workshops, and more.

Financially secure: We support you in meeting personal financial goals during your active career and for the future.

• Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.
• Meal vouchers, bonuses for referrals

Interested in more: discover what our employees value in the Well-being & Benefits hub!

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.