QA Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Backend QA Engineer with deep experience in database systems, virtualization environments, and automation frameworks. The ideal candidate will bring both technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills, ensuring high-quality delivery of backend systems in complex infrastructures.

Your role:

• Design, execute, and maintain test plans and test cases for backend systems.
• Validate database deployments, replication, RAC clusters, and disaster recovery mechanisms.
• Set up and manage test environments using VMware vCenter/vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Perform API testing using Postman.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python and PyTest.
• Test and validate backend integrations with F5 and Citrix NetScaler load balancers.
• Collaborate closely with developers, DBAs, and infrastructure teams to ensure product quality.
• Document test results, defects, and provide clear communication to stakeholders.

You're a right fit if:

• 5+ years of QA experience, with a strong focus on backend and infrastructure testing.
• Proven hands-on expertise with Oracle Database installation, RAC (Real Application Clusters), and Data Guard.
• Practical experience with VMware vCenter/vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Experience working with F5 and/or Citrix NetScaler load balancers.
• Strong SQL skills (queries, indexing, replication validation, performance analysis).
• Proven experience with API testing using Postman.
• Strong automation experience with Python and PyTest.
• Understanding of high-availability and disaster recovery testing methodologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Strong team player with proven communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting abilities across databases, networks, and virtualized environments.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with performance and load testing tools.
• Experience with AWS and its services.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools.

Please submit your CV in English.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

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About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

It is the policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism.

To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.

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