SDET - QA Engineer

Who We Are 

Zinkworks is a global leader in innovation, headquartered in Athlone, Ireland, with three offices locations worldwide. We utilise the latest cutting-edge technologies to bring industry-leading expertise to our Telecommunication and Financial services clients. We are adept at developing custom innovations that streamline our clients’ workflows and improve operational efficiency. With a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction, we have earned a reputation as a trusted partner for businesses seeking reliable software services.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated SDET / QA Engineer with a passion for quality and automation to join our growing engineering team. You’ll be embedded within an agile delivery squad, working closely with developers, architects, and DevOps engineers to deliver high-performing, scalable microservices and backend APIs.

This is a hands-on technical QA role – perfect for engineers who love building robust automation, diving deep into systems, and ensuring software works flawlessly under real-world conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for microservices, APIs, and data pipelines
• Perform Backend API testing, Database validation, and Integration testing
• Write BDD tests using Cucumber in a Java-based test framework (JUnit, Maven, Gradle)
• Automate tests for Spring Boot and Spring Batch applications deployed to OpenShift / Kubernetes clusters
• Validate SQL queries, stored procedures, and complex data transformations
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines (UDeploy, Jenkins, etc.)
• Collaborate with developers to define test coverage, quality metrics, and debug issues
• Use Unix/Linux commands for log analysis, deployment, and validation in distributed environments
• Work with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Interact with distributed systems including Kafka, Redis, etc.

Must-Have Skills & Technologies

✅ Java development for test automation
✅ Cucumber, JUnit, Maven or Gradle
✅ Strong API testing experience (REST, JSON, etc.)
✅ Experience testing microservices in production-scale systems
✅ Solid SQL knowledge – writing queries, validating stored procedures
✅ Spring Boot and Spring Batch familiarity
✅ Comfortable with Unix/Linux commands for debugging/logging
✅ OpenShift or Kubernetes cluster experience
✅ Experience with UDeploy, Redis, and Kafka

Desirable Experience (Nice to Have)

• Performance or load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• CI/CD tooling beyond UDeploy (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab)
• Docker-based containerization