Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

pWe are convinced that outside is exciting, relaxing, and inspiring. It's versatile, for some it is a place to relax, for others it is the ultimate challenge. A place to enjoy and where big and small moments come together. It's a place to be discovered or recognized. But the outdoors can also be treacherous and unpredictable. Weather and terrain can surprise you. Our mission is to enable all people to spend inspiring and epic moments outside. /p pYonderland is a European group of premium brands and retail concepts focused on outdoors. Including A.
S. Adventure, Juttu, Bever, Cotswold, Snow+Rock, Runnersneed and Ayacucho. Yonderland runs over 190 shops in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Great-Britain and The Netherlands and resides in Belgium. /p h3We are looking for a Senior Quality Engineer to join our team /h3 pAs our Senior QA Engineer, you will lead the design and execution of automated quality practices, ensuring robust, reliable, and maintainable test coverage across our backend and frontend systems. You will define our automation strategy, optimise CI/CD quality gates, mentor mid-level and junior QA engineers, and partner closely with product and engineering to shift quality left across our distributed engineering organisation in the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. /p h3You will /h3 ul liTake part on Yonderland test automation strategy and framework(s) for APIs, services, and UI. /li liDesign and implement stable, scalable, and maintainable automated tests (unit, integration, API, contract, UI, and performance). /li liIntegrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and enforce quality gates. /li liCollaborate with backend and frontend engineers to ensure testability and observability by design. /li liIdentify and eliminate flaky tests, and optimise execution time and reliability. /li liDefine and track quality metrics such as test coverage, failure rate, MTTR, and escaped defects. /li liMentor mid-level and junior QA engineers on automation, tooling, and best practices. /li liRepresent QA in architecture and design discussions to ensure quality and risk are considered early. /li liDrive continuous improvement of testing processes, tooling, and test-data management. /li /ul h3Profile /h3 ul li5+ years of software testing or QA engineering experience. /li li2+ years designing and owning test automation frameworks in multi-team environments. /li liDeep experience in test automation, including API and UI frameworks and CI/CD integration. /li liExperience with performance, contract, and integration testing alongside API and UI automation. /li liUnderstanding of REST/GraphQL APIs, backend services, and UI stacks (e.g., React). /li liExperience with cloud platforms and containerised test environments. /li liProven ability to define and enforce quality gates and quality metrics for delivery teams. /li liStrong collaboration and communication skills with engineering and product. /li liProficiency in English. /li /ul h3What's in it for you? /h3 ul liA versatile position with pronounced responsibility and variety in a strongly growing and innovative market leader, operating internationally with headquarters in Hoboken (Antwerp) and offices in the Netherlands and the UK. /li liThe IT organisation is a driving force to support the strong growth and you will help shape it. /li liAn open corporate culture where you can be yourself. /li liA competitive gross monthly salary in proportion to your experience, including the possibility of a company car, supplemented by fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, group and hospitalisation insurance, additional holidays, and staff discount. /li liAdventurous colleagues in an international and diverse team. /li liThe opportunity to participate in our bootcamps (showers available) and various team events twice a week during the lunch break /li /ul pbWe welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, background, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or belief. Your talent is what matters most. /b /p