Software Test Engineer

OBI KATOWICE 2026-08-17
  • Completed university degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of experience in software testing within agile software development teams.
  • Strong hands-on experience with manual and exploratory testing.
  • Initial experience with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Selenium or similar.
  • Programming experience in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python or C# sufficient to develop and maintain automated tests.
  • Experience with REST API testing using Postman, Bruno, Chales Proxy or similar tools.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (Git) is a plus.
  • Excellent coordination and communication skills. You know how to talk to developers as well as business stakeholders to get things resolved quickly. Fluent communication skills in English and Polish.
  • Openness to work in hybrid model and visit the Katowice office.

As our Software Test Engineer, you will help ensure that every release of the heyOBI App delivers a reliable, intuitive, and high-quality customer experience. Initially, your primary focus will be hands-on manual and exploratory testing while working closely with our product and engineering teams during active feature development.

As our quality engineering capabilities mature, your role will gradually shift towards designing, implementing, and maintaining automated test suites that enable fast, reliable, and scalable software delivery.


About OBI Smart Technologies

WHO ARE WE:
We are a joint venture between OBI and Reply Group, responsible for co-designing, building and operating mission-critical digital platforms for commerce, customer service, and omnichannel retail.

OUR MISSION:
"We unite technology leadership with deep retail vision to implement standardized processes and scalable digital products that drive efficient support for one of Europe’s largest DIY retailers. Leveraging proven best practices, we advance the internationalization of products and the digital mindset of our partners, delivering consistent and business-critical solutions to support the targets of our customer."


Benefits:

  • Motivizer Benefits Platform to choose and manage all your benefits in one place. You receive a budget (550 PLN monthly). You can choose medical care package, meal tickets, sports cards (we have Multisport and on preferential terms, we have membership cards to one of the most popular Gyms), cinema tickets, shop vouchers, discounts and many more.
  • Language Courses – you'll have access to a multi-language learning platform enabling you to practice your language skills and learn new ones!
  • Regular and systematic further training opportunities - both internally and from external providers. We support your ongoing learning and development.
  • Cooperation within an internal community is our everyday reality. We have networking events, coding challenges, and company parties for different occasions.

,[Manual & Exploratory Testing: Perform hands-on functional, regression and exploratory testing of our mobile applications (iOS & Android) and backend services. Identify usability issues, edge cases and unexpected application behaviour before they reach production.Validate new features throughout the development lifecycle., Defect Analysis: Investigate, reproduce and document defects with sufficient technical detail to enable efficient resolution. Analyze logs, network traffic and API responses to isolate root causes whenever possible., Test Automation: Gradually design, develop and maintain automated test suites for critical user journeys and regression scenarios. Contribute to establishing automation frameworks, coding standards and best practices. Continuously increase automated test coverage as part of our CI/CD pipeline., Collaboration: Work closely with Software Engineers, Product Owners and Designers throughout the development lifecycle. Support developers during feature implementation and validate fixes quickly. Help define acceptance criteria and test strategies for new features., Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve testing efficiency through automation and better tooling. Help evolve our quality engineering practices towards a modern, automation-first approach.] Requirements: Software Testing, Testing, Manual Testing, Exploratory testing, Test automation, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Selenium, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Python, C#, REST API, Postman, Bruno, Chales Proxy, CI/CD Pipelines, Communication skills, Stakeholder management, Git Tools: . Additionally: Sport subscription, Training budget, Private healthcare, Flat structure, Lunch card, Small teams, International projects, Free coffee, Bike parking, Free beverages, Mobile phone, In-house trainings, Modern office, Startup atmosphere, No dress code.