Kittl Technologies GmbH

qa engineer (auto)

In short

Senior QA Engineer role owning end-to-end test strategy for the Editor team at an AI-native design platform startup. The job centers on building and maintaining Playwright/TypeScript E2E suites, exploratory testing, bug triage, and release validation, with CI and API testing (Postman) also involved. Requires 5+ years of hands-on QA experience on complex web products with both exploratory and automation skills. Hybrid role based in Berlin.

About
Kittl is building an AI-native operating system for creative businesses. Its browser-based editor helps small brands create designs and prepare them for launch without an agency or design team.
Responsibilities
•Own the test approach for Editor team features and releases, selecting functional, integration, regression, and performance coverage based on risk
•Join requirement and design discussions to identify edge cases and quality gaps before development begins
•Write and maintain Playwright and TypeScript E2E tests for critical editor and AI workflows, and stabilize the suite so engineers can trust it
•Explore complex editor behavior that automated tests may not uncover
•Lead bug triage and release validation, and decide what is ready to ship during major launches
•Improve testing frameworks, CI workflows, and QA practices across teams, using AI to speed up test design, debugging, and gap analysis
Requirements
•5+ years of experience in software QA, including hands-on ownership of E2E testing for a complex web product
•Strong exploratory and automated testing skills; purely manual or purely automation profiles will not fit
•Hands-on experience building and maintaining Playwright and TypeScript E2E suites, ideally integrated into CI
•Comfortable testing APIs with Postman or similar tools
•Take ownership of product quality and have strong attention to detail
•Communicate proactively and give engineers precise, actionable feedback
Nice to have
•Experience testing design, image, or creative tools; familiarity with concepts such as vector and raster
Conditions
•30 vacation days per year, plus public holidays
•Work from anywhere in the world for up to 50 days (10 weeks) a year
•Enrollment in the Virtual Employee Stock Option Plan (VESOP)
•Daily chef-prepared meals in the office
•Monthly BVG ticket fully covered
•Urban Sports Club M membership
•Annual L&D budget
•Online German group courses at every level
•Quarterly hackathons
•Annual Kittl Week gathering for the global team
•Take-home assignment is part of the interview process

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