QA Automation Engineer (Go)
About the project
The international IT сompany Andersen invites a QA Automation Engineer (Go) to join our dynamic and highly skilled professional team. The role involves developing intelligent solutions and contributing to innovative, scalable projects across diverse industries worldwide.
Andersen is a pre-IPO global software development company with over 19 years of experience delivering full-cycle IT services. We specialize in helping enterprises and fast-growing mid-sized businesses accelerate their digital transformation through modern, scalable, and secure software solutions.
Our company operates across a global network of 16 development centers, strategically located in North America, Western and Central Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. With a strong team of over 3,500 highly skilled professionals, we combine deep domain expertise and advanced technical capabilities to consistently deliver exceptional results for our clients.
Responsibilities
- Designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests using Go, applying principles of efficient and idiomatic Go code (including interfaces, goroutines, and channels in the context of testing).
- Building and improving test automation frameworks for backend services and APIs.
- Writing reliable, clean, and scalable test code aligned with automation best practices.
- Developing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for distributed systems, understanding their differences and role within the testing pyramid.
- Setting up, configuring, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines for automated test execution—not just integrating but fully maintaining test pipelines.
- Running automated tests in local Docker-based environments and managing test dependencies using containerized setups.
- Performing root cause analysis of test failures and improving automation stability.
- Collaborating with developers, QA engineers, and product teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage and overall product quality.
- Supporting manual testing when required to ensure full feature coverage.
- Documenting automation processes, test architecture, frameworks, and internal tooling.
Requirements
- Experience as a QA Automation Engineer, including hands-on experience with Go for 2,5+ years.
- Strong understanding of automated testing principles, SDLC, and QA methodologies.
- Experience automating tests for APIs, microservices, and backend systems.
- Knowledge of Go language, frameworks, and testing libraries (e.g., Testify, GoMock).
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and Dockerized environments.
- Experience with REST APIs, JSON, and tools like Postman or Swagger.
- Understanding of version control (Git) and code review processes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Level of English – from Upper-Intermediate and above.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), or distributed systems.
- Knowledge of performance or load testing tools.
- Familiarity with message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
Why join us
- Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..
- The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.
- Job conditions – you can work both fully remotely and from the office or can choose a hybrid variant.
- Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.
- The opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 USD per month, depending on the level of expertise, which will be included in the annual bonus, by participating in the company's activities.
- Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.
- Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).
- Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).
- Referral program.
- Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.
