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Müller Holding GmbH & Co. KG
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Lead Test Automation Engineer (m/w/d)

INTRODUCTION We are modernizing Müller's complete application landscape — from classic fat clients toward containerized web, mobile, and event-driven integration workloads running on our new GCP-based DevOps Platform with a central managed GitLab at its core. As Lead Test Automation Engineer, you build our new test automation team in Bucharest and Ulm from the ground up: you shape the test strategy for this multi-year transformation, set the technical direction, and make quality a built-in property of how Müller ships software. WHAT CONVINCES US

  • Several years of hands-on experience in test automation or quality engineering, ideally with first leadership or architectural responsibility — whether as a seasoned lead or a strong senior engineer ready to take this step.
  • Solid experience with modern web test automation — for example with Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium — and the openness to establish the right framework for our stack.
  • Good understanding of testing beyond the UI: API testing, integration testing, and ideally first exposure to contract testing or container-based test approaches.
  • Interest in testing modern architectures — microservices, APIs, asynchronous messaging — and the curiosity to grow into topics like event-driven integration and API management.
  • Experience with or interest in mobile test automation is a plus — our future stack includes React Native apps.
  • A pragmatic sense for the test pyramid: knowing where automation adds the most value and keeping test suites lean, fast, and trusted.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and the ambition to make automated quality checks a natural part of the delivery process.
  • Appreciation for the realities of transformation: legacy applications and their test suites deserve care while the new world is being built — experience with codeless tools such as Ranorex is a plus, not a must.
  • Enjoyment in building and mentoring a team, and in helping experienced testers grow into modern automation practices.
  • Clear, approachable communication across engineering, QA, and business stakeholders.
  • fluent English required; German or Romanian is a plus.

WHAT YOU WILL DRIVE WITH US

  • Build and lead our new test automation team in Bucharest and Ulm from the first hire — define its mission, operating model, and hiring profile in close collaboration with engineering leadership in Ulm and Bucharest.
  • Shape the test architecture for the modernized stack — web, mobile, and the API and integration landscape around our Spring Boot services and integration layer — and choose the tools that fit.
  • Establish quality practices at the seams of our distributed architecture: API testing, contract testing, and sensible end-to-end coverage where it truly matters.
  • Anchor automated quality gates in our central GitLab as part of the secure software development lifecycle, and make quality visible through meaningful engineering metrics.
  • Define the testing responsibility model together with development teams — who tests what, from developer-owned unit and integration tests to team-owned cross-system flows.
  • Steward the legacy portfolio through the transformation: keep existing test suites healthy and shape the verification approach as applications move to the new platform.
  • Mentor and upskill our existing testers, bridging their deep domain knowledge into the new automation stack and building one quality engineering culture across legacy and future.
  • Contribute to technical standards, code review culture, and architecture decisions across the hybrid engineering organization in Bucharest and Ulm.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • A green-field opportunity to define test automation from day one for one of Europe's largest family-owned retailers — your strategy, frameworks, and quality gates will shape how Müller ships software for years to come.
  • A modern IT organisation with over 230 colleagues, flat hierarchies, and real freedom to shape your domain.
  • two locations, one team — a flexible hybrid model (desk sharing and mobile working) and regular in-person meetups across Bucharest and Ulm.
  • Great teams that enjoy driving Müller's digitalisation forward every day.

LOCATION

Bucharest

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Vollzeit

START DATE

ab sofort

CONTACT

Herr Werner +49 731/174 7415

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