Mercadona is Spain's leading grocery retailer, operating a network of over 1,600 supermarkets across Spain and Portugal. As a dominant force in the Spanish retail industry, the company manages an extensive supply chain, a sophisticated logistics network, and a rapidly growing e-commerce platform, employing nearly 100,000 people.

Headquartered in Valencia, Mercadona is one of the country's largest private employers and is well-known for its policy of offering permanent contracts to all employees from their first day. For international professionals, the company offers diverse opportunities in logistics, engineering, and specialized technology roles within their IT division, though a high level of Spanish proficiency is generally required across all departments.

Founded in 1977 as a small butcher shop chain in Valencia, Mercadona was transformed by Juan Roig into a retail powerhouse. It revolutionized the Spanish market with its 'Always Low Prices' strategy and its focus on high-quality private label brands like Hacendado and Deliplus.

For international professionals

Offers permanent contracts (contrato indefinido) to all employees from the first day of employment.
Provides extensive internal training and a structured career development model for long-term growth.
While most roles require Spanish, their IT and digital transformation hubs in Valencia and Madrid hire for specialized technical skill sets.
Consistently ranked as one of the most stable and reputable employers in Spain according to Merco and other corporate barometers.

QA Automation Engineer - Valencia/València

Mercadona

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

As a QA Automation Engineer, you will ensure product quality through manual and automated testing, anticipating and correcting deviations across all development phases.

What we offer

✨ Unique and high-impact projects.

👥 An IT team of over 1,400 professionals.

🛠️ High-level technology stack.

📈 Career plan with annual salary reviews.

⏰ Flexible scheduling.

🎓 Continuous training and professional growth.

🔒 Stability and team culture.

🏥 In-house medical service.

🏢 Innovative and collaborative offices.

💰 Competitive salary based on your experience.

What we ask of you

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Telecommunications or a vocational degree in DAM / DAW.

Knowledge

Essential in..

Design of test plans and automation.
Review of User Story acceptance criteria.
Querying and preparing data with SQL (Oracle/PostgreSQL).
E2E and backend test automation (Postman, Selenium, Cypress, etc.).

Valued in..

ISTQB or Tmap certifications.
Testing in Agile environments and cloud microservices.
Use of Gherkin and TDM data management.
Management of ephemeral test environments.
DevOps and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Cloudbees).
Development in Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Angular or Python.
Unit tests with JUnit or Jasmine.
Code quality and SonarQube.

Experience

Minimum 1 year automating functional tests.

Your day-to-day

🔧 Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams throughout the product lifecycle.

📝 Define requirements and specifications to ensure quality.

🛠️ Design and automate test plans (regression, integration, etc.).

🖐️ Execute manual tests when necessary.

🐞 Record and document incidents during testing.

⚙️ Implement performance tests to validate systems under different conditions.

First of all, we need you to...

Be passionate about technology with business logic
Not settle and seek continuous improvement
Be willing to face new technological challenges

Conditions

Full Time

Gross annual remuneration based on your experience

€29,678 - €45,054

View original advert (Spanish)

Como QA Automation Engineer, garantizarás la calidad del producto mediante pruebas manuales y automatizadas, anticipando y corrigiendo desviaciones en todas las fases del desarrollo.