QA Engineer; Foundational

QA Engineer (Foundational)

Location:

Zürich

Engineering – Accident (UVG)

Full-time
• Hybrid

Our entrepreneurial spirit drives us in what we do and what we are passionate about. Our mission is to become the premier health partner in the insurance business. Recognising the need for innovation in the traditional employee insurance model we are set to revolutionize the employee insurance industry. We help companies support people before and after they get sick and to make more of their time.

Our insurance solutions reduce monotonous and manual work for employees, doctors, HR & payroll managers. As we strive to lead a technology-driven transformation, we put employees first.

At grape we pride ourselves on our people and our culture. We continue to grow fast and that’s where you come in. Our team is dynamic, diverse and full of creative ideas. Want to join? We can’t wait to get to know you!

We’re looking for a foundational Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to ensure that every release at grape meets the highest standards of quality, reliability, and user satisfaction. This is a highly autonomous individual contributor role: you’ll be the first and only QA engineer, responsible for building testing infrastructure from scratch and partnering closely with engineers and product to embed quality throughout the development lifecycle.

To excel, we expect you to become an expert in our product offerings, and to be a trusted partner in conversations across many teams.

• Own and continuously improve testing processes, including the end-to-end Playwright automation suite
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans and test cases for all core systems
• Perform automated and manual testing across all grape platforms to ensure functionality, security, and compliance
• Track issues that could impact user needs or user trust, document them clearly, and support the team in resolving them
• Build regression and smoke test coverage to protect sensitive processes such as payments, claims handling, and user data access
• Advocate for best practices in quality, performance, and security
• Identify bottlenecks, and drive automation initiatives to reduce manual testing overhead and increase release confidence
• Work with product managers to clarify acceptance criteria, edge cases, and business-critical scenarios
• Help developers during sprint planning to identify technical risk areas early, and provide feedback on feature feasibility and edge cases before development begins
• Train engineers on testing best practices, and offer guidance as needed
• Pair during bug reproduction and resolution to ensure issues are fixed and retested efficiently
• Assist in planning and validating large-scale updates to the platform to ensure smooth, reliable releases

• Experience in Quality Assurance or software testing within SaaS or similar high-stakes environments
• Hands on experience with modern JS testing frameworks, such as Playwright
• Strong understanding of manual, automated, and regression testing methodologies
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and agile processes
• Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to translate complex test findings into actionable insights
• A strong sense of responsibility for protecting user data, ensuring reliability, and upholding compliance
• Nice to have:
  Experience in fintech, insurtech, or other data-sensitive industries
• Exposure to API, performance, and security testing
• Understanding of data privacy frameworks (GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC
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• Empowering workplace:
  Join a passionate team and an empowering workplace where you are given the ownership, tools, and support to make decisions and take initiative. Together we grow and build innovative solutions.
• Hybrid Setup:
  Enjoy the flexibility of our hybrid work schedule, with the freedom to work remotely or from our office in Zurich. On Thursdays, our team day, we meet together in our Zurich office.
• Home Office Stipend:
  To enable our hybrid setup, we allocate a one-off CHF 200 home office budget to help you set up your dream workspace in the comfort of your own home.
• Internet Allowance:
  We give you a…