[Hiring] Quality Engineer @Apheris

Role Description

As a Quality Engineer at Apheris, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our products that power AI in life sciences. Our portfolio includes the Apheris Gateway for building and joining federated data networks, as well as the Apheris Foundry that enables local runs of AI-based drug discovery workflows.

You will work closely with software engineers and data scientists to design and execute testing strategies for complex, distributed, and GPU-intensive systems:

• Privacy-preserving federated computations running across multiple organizations
• Scientist-facing UIs / APIs

You will be responsible for identifying and implementing the best ways to test our products, covering both functional and non-functional requirements to meet the expectations of our high-profile pharmaceutical and life sciences customers.

At Apheris, Quality Engineers don’t just “write tests”. We expect you to:

• Champion quality-by-design by collaborating with teams on testability, observability, and robust engineering practices from design through release
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites spanning different test levels
• Define and enforce quality gates in our CI/CD pipelines to keep feedback loops short
• Partner with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to clarify requirements and identify risk early
• Help teams enforce strong quality engineering practices across the entire Software Development Lifecycle

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant working experience or a Bachelor / Master / PhD in Computer Science (or related fields, e.g., Physics, Mathematics, Engineering) and 3+ years of relevant working experience
• Development and/or test automation experience, preferably using Python (other OOP languages are also valued)
• Able to write scripts to automate tedious day-to-day tasks (using Python, Bash or anything you like to script with)
• Experience with non-functional testing (performance, reliability, fault-tolerance)
• Knowledge in CI/CD and DevOps practices with hands-on experience creating / maintaining Pipelines as Code
• Knowledge in Containerization (Docker) and Orchestration (Kubernetes) concepts
• Proficient in a UNIX/Linux environment and with Git and Git workflows
• Excellent communication skills (fluent in English, verbal and written)
• Genuine interest in working with cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced environment

Requirements

• Prior exposure to life sciences domain (considered a big plus but not required)
• Experience with Testing Frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Pytest, Pact, REST Assured, Selenium, Cypress - similar tools are valued)
• Experience in Go and / or Vue.js
• Knowledge of cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack) and on-premise setups (e.g., locally hosted Kubernetes via K3s)
• Knowledge in Software Security (e.g., OWASP)
• Knowledge in infrastructure-as-code tools (GitOps, Terraform, Flux)

Benefits

• Industry-competitive compensation, including early-stage virtual share options
• Remote-first working – work where you work best, whether from home or a co-working space near you
• Great suite of benefits, including a wellbeing budget, mental health benefits, a work-from-home budget, a co-working stipend, and a learning and development budget
• Generous holiday allowance
• Office Days at our Berlin HQ or a different European location (3x a year)
• A fun, diverse team of mission-driven individuals with experience across leading organizations