[Hiring] Software Test Automation Engineer @IndieKidz GmbH

Role Description

Occibo is an AI-powered SaaS platform for children's book creation, built by IndieKidz GmbH in Berlin. We're a small, remote-first team looking for a QA intern to help us build and maintain automated testing so we can ship new features quickly and with confidence.

Internship type: Mandatory internship as part of your degree program. This internship is unpaid.

What you'll do

• Build end-to-end UI test automation for the Occibo web app
• Write test plans, test cases, and regression suites for core user flows
• Translate product requirements into automated checks, including edge cases
• Collaborate with the development team on test data strategies and stable selectors
• Run tests in CI, track failures, and help keep the test suite reliable
• Use AI tools to speed up test creation, analysis, and maintenance

Tools you might work with

• Playwright
• Cypress
• Selenium
• Jest
• Vitest
• GitHub Actions

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in CS, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with at least one test automation framework (Playwright or Cypress preferred)
• Comfortable with JavaScript or TypeScript and Git
• Understanding of CI pipelines and reliable test design
• Interest in AI and experience using AI tools
• Fluent English

Requirements

• Prior SaaS UI automation experience (nice to have)
• API testing experience (Postman or REST clients) (nice to have)
• Based in Berlin and able to join onsite occasionally (nice to have)

Benefits

• Hands-on experience with a real product, not a classroom exercise
• Direct collaboration with the founder and development team
• A portfolio of shipped QA work you can show future employers

How to apply

Send a message with your CV, short note/cover letter (preferred), your best project link, the test framework you know, and your availability and start date. We are looking for candidates available to start in October 2026.

Company Description

IndieKidz is a young Berlin-based startup building meaningful learning experiences for children. We create screen-free books, magazines, and activities that blend early learning with cultural roots. Alongside this, we are building Occibo, a modern platform for authors and publishers. Occibo uses AI-assisted workflows to simplify children’s book creation. Together, we combine creativity, technology, and real publishing needs. Our goal is to make high-quality children’s content easier to create and joyful to use.