Medior QA Automation Engineer

Location: Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Department: IT

Workplace: hybrid

Description

The Pepperstone story started in 2010. We know what it’s like to trade the world’s markets. Our team describes us as a place for the curious and the driven, and we like to do things a little differently; as a transformative global fintech we’re digital, nimble, connected, and united in our vision to create a better way to trade.

We thrive on progress – for our clients and for ourselves. Our organisational culture is ever-evolving, vibrant, diverse, global and results focused. You’ll find our 700+ team across 12 regions and 9 time zones.

About the Role

The Medior QA Automation Engineer is an experienced, technically competent individual contributor responsible for ensuring the quality of our software solutions with automated testing solutions. They lead quality assurance initiatives, own and support testing processes, and champion Continuous Delivery practices within the team. By driving modern, collaborative approaches, they facilitate best-in-class engineering outcomes.

The role actively collaborates with their team, product managers, analysts, and designers to deliver exceptional, high-quality software solutions. They play a key role in influencing our engineering function to promote and foster robust quality assurance practices. Along with their Engineering Team Lead, they develop and execute a roadmap to uplift the application over time.

With leadership support, they own the quality assurance strategy and test plans, working closely with the team to meet delivery objectives and ensuring the appropriate testing frameworks and tools are in place to support these objectives.

They champion the team's success, drive thoughtful conversation during tech huddles and retrospectives, and encourage others to develop their knowledge of modern engineering practices.

This position reports to the Quality Assurance Team Lead, Budapest, Hungary. Our team is made up of individuals from all walks of life, each bringing unique experiences and perspectives that enrich our work and culture. We truly value this diversity and are excited to welcome someone who is open-minded, adaptable, and enthusi3astic about collaborating in a globally connected and inclusive environment.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain automated API, integration and regression tests
• Build automation for assigned features and extend existing test frameworks
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines
• Investigate test failures and improve test reliability
• Collaborate with developers and Manual QA to identify automation opportunities
• Manage test data and communicate test results and quality risks
• Contribute to test planning, refinement and continuous QA improvements

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of QA experience, including hands-on automation
• Practical TypeScript programming skills
• Experience with automated testing frameworks for API/integration testing
• Experience testing APIs, backend services and integrations
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
• Practical SQL skills and experience using logs to investigate failures
• Understanding of maintainable test design, test isolation and repeatable test data
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Payments or financial-services testing experience is a plus

Why you will enjoy working with us

• Competitive salary structure including company bonus scheme
• Private healthcare insurance
• Genuinely collaborative and friendly culture
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Remote working option - work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year
• Ongoing personal development & learning opportunities
• 3 paid volunteering days per year & Workplace Giving Program
• Periodic recognition and reward programs for outstanding performance and achievements
• Frequent events and celebrations
• Employee Assistance Program & Wellbeing Initiatives
• Convenient and cozy office located near Astoria at KLUSTER Coworking

More about Pepperstone
We’re a regulated online Forex and CFD trading platform. With the scale of a global fintech and the agility of a start-up, we arm our clients with everything they need to take on the global markets with confidence. You will be part of a wider passionate and friendly team, and whilst things may not always go to plan, we learn quickly and move forward with impact. To learn even more visit and 

We understand it’s important to do due diligence on a prospective employer and see what our team is saying on . We respect our team members’ experiences and will never pay to remove a negative review.

Pepperstone is an equal-opportunity employer. We are passionate about building a diverse workplace and strongly encourage applications from any background.

“We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we respond to every applicant”.

We will be reviewing applications as they come through, so if this is an opportunity that excites you, don't wait. Express your interest by clicking the apply button below as soon as possible.

Note to external agencies: While we appreciate the efforts of external recruitment agencies, we prefer to engage directly with applicants for this opportunity.