QA Engineer II

Are you Interested in working for an international and diverse company Interested in developing your career in a leading packaging and printing industry Looking for a friendly and supporting team If so, read on! Esko, a Veralto company, is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods. Our products empower teams to support and manage the packaging design and print processes for brand owners, retailers, pre-media and trade shops, manufacturers, and converters to provide the most innovative, integrated platform and comprehensive portfolio of tools that intelligently digitize, connect, automate, and accelerate the concept to market processes for every packaged product. You will be part of a flexible, family friendly organization that cares about its people just as it cares about the environment. We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Role Summary The QA Engineer II is responsible for ensuring software quality through functional, API, integration, automation, and release validation activities. The role requires strong quality engineering fundamentals, hands-on automation experience, understanding of microservices based applications, service dependencies, integration flows, and release validation processes. The engineer will work closely with Development, Product Management, Architecture, DevOps, and Quality Engineering teams to deliver high-quality software and reliable releases. Key Responsibilities Collaborating closely with Software Engineers, Product Managers, UX Designers, and DevOps teams to ensure high product quality throughout the development lifecycle.Analyse requirements, identify quality risks, and define validation scope.Automation Testing, test case creation and maintenance.Design and execute functional, API, integration, regression, exploratory, and end-to end testing.Develop and maintain UI automation using Selenium or Playwright and API automation using Rest Assured.Validating REST APIs, backend services, and integrations using API testing toolsPerform service-level testing independent of the user interface and support API contract validation where applicable.Utilize dependency mappings and impact matrices to identify affected services, integrations, and validation scope.Execute smoke, sanity, deployment, and release validation testing.Support application setup, deployment validation, and environment verification using Docker-based environments.Integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines and improve automation reliability and maintainability.Maintain traceability between requirements, tests, defects, and execution results.Participate in defect triage, risk reviews, release readiness, and sign-off activities.Follow established quality engineering standards and contribute improvement ideas to increase testing effectiveness and release confidence. Required Skills & Experience Hands-on experience in manual testing of web applications and enterprise softwareStrong experience with UI, Functional, Regression, Integration, and End-to-End testingExperience in API testing using Postman, Swagger, or similar toolsHands-on experience with test automation using Selenium WebDriver or Playwright, or similar automation frameworksGood programming/scripting knowledge in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python for automation developmentExperience with defect management tools such as JIRAExperience using version control systems such as GitExperience working with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions.Good understanding of backend data validationUnderstanding of cloud-based applications and microservices architecture Experience 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering.Experience working in Agile development environments.Experience testing web, SaaS, cloud, or microservices-based applications. Soft Skills & Mindset Excellent analytical and problem-solving skillsStrong attention to detail and commitment to product qualityExcellent verbal and written communication skillsAbility to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams. At Esko, a Veralto Company, innovation comes in every color and never in the same package. Join Esko and see how diversity of people and thought fuels a career journey like no other. Create unique technology solutions for the packaging value chain, bring new ideas to life, make and influence decisions, and experience career growth, rewards, and recognition in our global Packaging & Color organizations. Esko is proud to be a Product Quality & Innovation company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That