QA Lead

Result expectation in terms of result areas and core activities

• Enable self-organised teams to improve software quality by implementing and maintaining automated tests.
• Continuously enhance and optimise QA frameworks while training product teams on best practices.
• Support teams with test design, automation, and maintenance to ensure robust software delivery.
• Monitor and report QA-related metrics to the QA Lead Engineer, ensuring compliance with testing standards.
• Apply technical expertise in automation tools, cloud-based testing, and CI/CD processes for efficient test execution.

Main objectives of the role

• Empower self-organised teams to improve the quality of their software delivery
• Implementing tests for Product teams based on the existing testing framework
• Continuous improvement of all quality-related testing frameworks in the company
• Training product teams on the usage of quality-related testing frameworks
• Assist other teams in QA activities: test design, creation, and maintenance of automated test suites

Key relationships (teams and/or position titles)

• QA lead engineer
• Development Team Leads
• Product Managers
• DevOps & Security team

Job requirements

Soft Skills & Nice to Have

• Working with Product teams will require skills such as communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management
• Experience in domain knowledge in CPG/FMPG and integrations with ERP
• Experience working with AWS/Public Clouds
• Experience with Unit testing and/or BDD (for instance, using pytest)
• Experience in data/API testing
• Experience in release management
• Proficiency in Python, especially in working with Pytest

Key processes in the role

• Enabling self-organized teams to improve the quality of delivery
• Spreading awareness on test automation within Product teams
• Reporting on QA related topics to the QA lead engineer

Requirements

• 5+ years working as a QA in automation (Playwright, Robot Framework, Selenium)
• Knowledge of the formal software development lifecycle, with a solid grasp of manual and automated software testing methodologies and tools
• Proficiency in TypeScript (2+ years)
• Experience with test automation in cloud web applications (preferably SaaS)
• Understanding of CI/CD
• Basic knowledge of *nix: command line, general architecture
• Proficiency with Git, Circleci and Confluence/Jira