QA Engineer at ecosio - Remote EU Tech Role — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
Remote-First with a Nomad-Friendly Twist: ecosio explicitly operates a remote-first culture and offers workations of up to 90 days per year within the EU — a rare and genuinely useful perk for digital nomads. This means you can legally work from popular EU nomad hubs like Lisbon, Barcelona, or Split for extended stretches without complex visa arrangements.
Timezone & Schedule Flexibility: Flexible working hours are explicitly mentioned, suggesting a degree of async culture. However, since the team is spread across Central/Western European countries (AT, DE, UK, ES, PT, IT, HR, HU), you should expect core overlap hours roughly within CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2). This suits nomads based in Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East comfortably.
Visa Considerations by Country:
- Portugal: Digital Nomad Visa (D8) available; Lisbon costs ~€2,000–2,500/month for a comfortable lifestyle.
- Spain: Digital Nomad Visa launched in 2023; Barcelona or Valencia are popular bases at ~€2,200–2,800/month.
- Croatia: Digital Nomad Residence Permit available; Split or Dubrovnik cost ~€1,500–2,000/month.
Equipment & Setup: A home office allowance is included, which can help cover co-working day passes or peripherals while traveling. No dedicated co-working stipend is mentioned, but the development budget could potentially cover productivity tools.
ecosio is a fast-growing, innovative service company and a leading provider of B2B integration, specialising in electronic data interchange (EDI), Web EDI and e-invoicing. ecosio is part of Vertex, Inc., a leading global provider of indirect tax solutions listed on Nasdaq (VERX).
Our brand slogan is Connections That Work — we believe strong connections are central to successful business relationships, both external and internal. At ecosio, we hire individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We are technology lovers, set the highest standards for our solutions, and put innovative ideas first.
Job Description
You'll connect with the role if you enjoy...
- Being responsible for continuously evolving and improving our test infrastructure
- Working directly in the product team
- Developing and maintaining our quality assurance infrastructure for back end (JUnit 5, Spring, Kubernetes)
- Taking part in chaos testing and performance testing
- Actively collaborating with developers to build requirements from a testability perspective
- Identifying defects, reporting them to the development team, and accompanying them to prepare production deployments
- Taking over and monitoring software releases and regression testing during development
- Developing and executing requirements for test cases, test scripts and test scenarios, and implementing these together with the team
- Monitoring test suites and coordinating actions to update tests and fix regressions
- Supporting the team with CI/CD (GitLab, Maven, Docker)
Qualifications
To connect with ecosio it is important to have...
- Profound Java knowledge
- Professional experience in the Quality Assurance field
- Solid knowledge of automated and manual testing using frameworks such as JUnit 5, Selenium, and Cypress
- API and UI testing framework experience
- A good command of written and spoken technical English
And nice to have...
- A running or completed IT education (HTL, FH or university)
- Experience with Kubernetes or GitLab
- Experience in security testing
Additional Information
By connecting with us you will experience...
- Our remote-first culture lets you work remotely from one of our designated countries
- Flexible working hours to suit your schedule and priorities
- Annual personal development budget to invest in conferences, courses, or career coaching
- Home office allowance to create a workspace that fits your needs
- Regular events and trips to connect, celebrate, and have fun with the team
- Workations of up to 90 days per year within the EU, combining travel and productivity
- Wellbeing support, including mental health resources and employee assistance programs
- Additional country-specific benefits based on your location
Sounds like a connection that works? Then apply now and we will get in touch soon!
As part of our hiring process at ecosio, we conduct standard background checks. You can find more information about them by clicking HERE.
Our mission is to build Connections That Work by fostering a diverse and inclusive team. We are committed to making everyone feel valued and empowered to contribute their unique skills, experiences and perspectives. And now we want to connect with you.
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