We’re looking for a curious, motivated, and detail-oriented Quality Assurance Intern to join the API Portal Team.
You’ll support quality assurance activities by preparing and executing test cases, identifying defects, verifying fixes, and maintaining test documentation. Working alongside developers and other team members, you’ll see how software is planned, built, and tested in an Agile environment.
You’ll gain hands-on experience in software quality assurance, including manual testing, test automation and the use of AI in everyday QA activities. It’s a great opportunity to build practical skills and a strong foundation in software testing and enterprise IT operations.
Responsibilities- Support manual testing activities for API Portal features and user flows based on prepared user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Review the stories assigned for manual testing and raise questions or clarify requirements with the Product Manager or Analyst when needed.
- Record test results, document defects with clear reproduction steps, and track them through to resolution.
- Support verification of fixes and regression testing.
- Assist in designing test cases and scenarios based on business requirements.
- Support the identification and implementation of test automation opportunities to improve efficiency and streamline processes.
- Explore opportunities to apply AI tools for QA activities.
- Participate in Agile team activities and contribute to continuous improvement.
- Student of Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Curious, observant, and motivated to learn how software quality is built and maintained.
- Good problem-solving skills and a structured, hands-on approach to technical challenges.
- Comfortable communicating in English and collaborating with a team.
- Positive attitude, openness to feedback, and attention to detail.
What Will Be an Advantage
- Basic understanding of IT systems and the software development lifecycle.
- Interest in APIs, web applications, test automation and responsible use of AI in software quality assurance.
- Basic knowledge of basic testing tools such as Postman.
- Basic knowledge of collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
We Offer
- Paid internship
- A defined training path prepared with your mentor and manager.
- Flexible working hours help balance study and work.
- Hands-on experience testing API Portal and collaborating with a software team.
- Opportunities to grow toward test automation and AI-supported QA.
- The equipment necessary to work.
Our global network spans 139 countries, 396 offices and a growing portfolio of terminal and infrastructure investments. This scale enables us to deliver consistent, high-quality service across continents and to support our customers in even the most complex supply chains.
When you join us, you become part of more than 19,600 colleagues working across borders, functions and cultures, to not only deliver quality for our customers, but to create innovation and opportunities across roles, regions and perspectives.
We believe that every exploration is a chance to grow, and every port is a place to belong.
Skills Required
- Currently studying Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Curiosity, observance, and motivation to learn software quality practices
- Good problem-solving skills and a structured, hands-on approach to technical challenges
- Comfort communicating in English and collaborating with a team
- Positive attitude, openness to feedback, and attention to detail
- Basic understanding of IT systems and the software development lifecycle
- Interest in APIs, web applications, test automation, and responsible AI use in software quality assurance
- Basic knowledge of testing tools such as Postman
- Basic knowledge of collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
Hapag-Lloyd Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hapag-Lloyd and has not been reviewed or approved by Hapag-Lloyd.
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Retirement Support — Pension contributions and German social-security coverage are explicitly provided for seagoing employees. Retirement arrangements are also emphasized in shore-based and apprenticeship contexts, strengthening the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Onboard roles feature a 1:1 work-and-leave rotation with protected vacation time. Vacation pay and structured time off are also cited across certain contracts.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A 13th‑month salary and performance-based bonuses are included for many seagoing roles and in some shore-based packages. Incentive pay features alongside base salary to bolster overall earnings.
Hapag-Lloyd Insights
What We Do
With a fleet of 280 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.1 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 13,700 employees and 400 offices in 140 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 3.1 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 114 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has equity stakes in 20 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India, and North Africa. Around 2,900 employees are assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations in addition to the terminal activities.
