Senior QA Engineer (Berlin, hybrid)

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Your role at Kittl

Kittl's editor is a browser-based design tool, and every release has to hold up across canvas, typography, effects, export and AI workflows for millions of users. As a Senior QA Engineer, you'll be embedded in our Editor team and take part in the full feature cycle, from requirement reviews to release sign-off. You'll own quality for that team: deciding what to test, how deep to go and what to automate, so we ship faster without shipping bugs. This role reports to the QA Manager.

Tasks

What you'll do

Testing strategy: Own the test approach for the Editor team's features and releases, choosing functional, integration, regression and performance coverage based on real risk

Early risk detection: Join requirement and design discussions to catch edge cases and quality gaps before code is written

Automation: Write and maintain Playwright + TypeScript E2E tests for critical editor and AI flows, and make the suite stable enough that engineers trust it

Exploratory testing: Go deep on complex editor behaviour where scripts alone won't find the problem

Release readiness: Lead bug triage and release validation, and make the call on what's ready to ship during major launches

Raise the bar: Improve our testing frameworks, CI workflows and QA practices across teams, using AI to speed up test design, debugging and gap analysis

Requirements

What you'll need

5+ years of experience in software QA, including hands-on ownership of E2E testing for a complex web product

Exploratory and automated testing: You're strong at both and know when each one earns its place. Purely manual or purely automation profiles won't fit

Playwright and TypeScript: Hands-on experience building and maintaining E2E suites, ideally integrated into CI

API testing: Comfortable testing APIs with tools like Postman or similar

Ownership and attention to detail: You treat product quality as yours and notice what others miss

Proactive communication: You give engineers precise, actionable feedback and go looking for context and work without waiting to be asked

Nice to have: experience testing design, image or creative tools, and a feel for concepts like vector vs raster. We'll onboard you on the rest

Interview process

Recruiter interview (30 min)

Take-home assignment

Technical interview (60 min)

CTO interview (30 min)

Bar Raiser interview (45 min)

Our tech stack

TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, Postgres, Pulumi, k8s

Testing: Playwright + TypeScript, CI-integrated E2E suite

You'll do well here if:

You pick up problems nobody assigned you. If something's broken and no one has stepped up, you're the person who does

You'd rather make the call and adjust than wait until you're certain. Speed is how we win

You want to own a domain deeply enough that people rely on your judgement in it, whether or not you manage anyone

You'll argue for your position and commit fully when the call goes the other way

You care about details other people would call excessive. We hold a higher bar than most, on purpose

You use AI constantly and still own every word you ship

Every new hire should raise the bar in some meaningful way, not just fill a seat. We hold to that, and it's why you'll be working with the most talented people from all over the world.

Benefits

Real ownership: You own what you ship, end to end. Whether you lead a team or lead through craft, we back you to work on what matters most

Work at the edge of AI and design: Kittl sits where AI, design and commerce meet. You'll be learning on the frontier, not reading about it

Work-life balance: 30 vacation days a year, plus public holidays

Hybrid working style: 3 days a week in our office in the heart of Prenzlauer Berg, the rest of the week from home

Remote work: On top of that, work from anywhere in the world for up to 50 days (10 weeks) a year

VESOP: Enrolment in our Virtual Employee Stock Option Plan. When Kittl grows in value, you share in it

Lunch: Daily chef-prepared meals in the office

Mobility: Your monthly BVG ticket, fully covered

Health & fitness: Urban Sports Club M membership

Learning & development: Annual L&D budget for your professional growth

German classes: Online group courses at every level

Hackathons: Quarterly hackathons to experiment with new ideas, push boundaries and build the next big thing

Kittl Week: Each year, our global team gathers for a whole week to work, celebrate, get inspired and have fun

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