Overview
At QIAGEN, we are driven by a simple but powerful vision: making improvements in life possible.
We’re dedicated to revolutionizing science and healthcare for the better. From our entrepreneurial roots to our current global presence, we've grown into a force for positive change. With thousands of employees across six continents, collaboration is our greatest strength. We’re always striving to identify talented individuals to join our exceptional teams.
We have played a pivotal role in shaping modern science and healthcare, and we're just getting started. If you're someone who thrives on new challenges, values diversity and wants to make a tangible difference in people's lives, then QIAGEN is the place for you.
At QIAGEN, every day is an opportunity to make a real-life impact.
Join us, grow with us, and together, let's shape the future of biological discovery.
About the opportunity
At QIAGEN, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of software solutions that support our mission of improving life through science. As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, take ownership of quality across the software development lifecycle. You will work closely with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders in an international and cross-functional environment, you will use your analytical and problem-solving skills to identify quality risks, investigate complex issues, and drive effective solutions. This position offers the opportunity to influence quality engineering practices, mentor fellow QA engineers, and contribute to innovative healthcare and life sciences solutions from our Cluj-Napoca site, with a hybrid working model that includes 3 days onsite per week.
Your tasks include
- Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test strategies for software products.
- Lead functional, integration, system, regression, and performance testing activities.
- Design and develop scalable and maintainable automated test frameworks and test suites to improve test coverage, reliability, and efficiency.
- Design and execute end-to-end tests across UI and API layers within a microservices-based architecture.
- Collaborate with software developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to identify quality risks and define acceptance criteria.
- Analyze test results, investigate defects, identify quality risks, and contribute to root cause analysis and resolution.
- Proactively identify quality gaps and opportunities to improve testing processes, automation, and overall product quality.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, methodologies, and testing standards.
- Mentor and support team members and fellow QA engineers on testing best practices, automation approaches, and quality engineering principles.
Your profile
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- 6+ years of professional experience in software quality assurance, software testing, or quality engineering.
- Strong hands-on experience with test automation, including designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and maintainable automation frameworks.
- Such as: Selenium/Playwright, TestNg/Junit, Java/Python/C#
- Experience with API and backend testing, including REST APIs and service-to-service communication.
- Good knowledge of SQL and experience with database testing and data validation.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into CI/CD workflows.
- Experience with Git and modern version control workflows.
- Experience with defect tracking, test management, and quality reporting tools.
- Such as Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, and qTest.
- Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to improve software testing efficiency, including test case generation, test automation, defect analysis, and test documentation.
- *Working in the office, onsite, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, for 3 days per week is expected.
What will be a plus
- Proven experience in both UI and backend testing using Java.
- Proven experience with JMeter for performance and load testing.
- Experience working with and testing microservices architectures.
- Experience with Redis and testing caching mechanisms.
- Experience testing OAuth 2.0 authentication and authorization flows.
- Experience with API automation, e.g. REST Assured.
- Experience with message-based systems, such as Kafka/RabbitMQ.
- Experience with testing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and integrations
- Ability to work independently, proactively investigate issues, and research and identify the information needed to solve complex problems.
What we offer
Bonus/Commission
Local benefits
Referral Program
Volunteer Day
Internal Academy (QIALearn)
Employee Assistance Program
Hybrid work (conditional to your role)
Our people are the heartbeat of everything we do. Passion drives us as we push boundaries to innovate and evolve. We inspire with our leadership and make an impact with our actions. We cultivate a collaborative, supportive environment where each individual and team can flourish. We champion accountability and encourage entrepreneurial thinking.
QIAGEN is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, or disability.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline
- 6+ years of professional experience in software quality assurance, software testing, or quality engineering
- Hands-on experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks
- Experience with UI test automation tools such as Selenium or Playwright
- Experience with test frameworks such as TestNG or JUnit
- Experience with Java, Python, or C#
- Experience with API and backend testing, including REST APIs and service-to-service communication
- Good knowledge of SQL and experience with database testing and data validation
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into CI/CD workflows
- Experience with Git and modern version control workflows
- Experience with defect tracking, test management, and quality reporting tools such as Jira, Zephyr, TestRail, or qTest
- Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to improve software testing efficiency
- Proven experience with UI and backend testing using Java
- Experience with JMeter for performance and load testing
- Experience working with and testing microservices architectures
- Experience with Redis and testing caching mechanisms
- Experience testing OAuth 2.0 authentication and authorization flows
- Experience with API automation using REST Assured
- Experience with message-based systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Experience testing Model Context Protocol servers and integrations
- Ability to independently investigate issues and research information needed to solve complex problems
QIAGEN Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about QIAGEN and has not been reviewed or approved by QIAGEN.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work options (hybrid or remote where roles allow), flexible hours, sabbaticals, and site-specific childcare support work–life fit. Programs are presented as available where roles allow, signaling adaptable benefit design.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A global Employee Assistance Program for employees and immediate family, alongside broader wellbeing initiatives and community volunteering time, provides everyday support. Recognition for inclusive culture reinforces the emphasis on a supportive environment.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave positioned as above typical U.S. norms and family-oriented offerings (e.g., on-site childcare at some locations) enhance caregiver support. Reports of solid PTO and holidays further strengthen family time.
QIAGEN Insights
What We Do
QIAGEN is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. Our sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective workflows. QIAGEN provides solutions to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare) and Life Sciences (academia, pharma R&D and industrial applications, primarily forensics).
