Senior QA Engineer
Sowelo Consulting sp. z o.o. sp. k.
AWSHerokuJavaScriptMySQLRSpecRubySDLCSelenium
Job Level
SeniorLead
Tech Stack
PythonSDLCSelenium
About the role
- Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing professional development, feedback, and mentorship.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and stakeholders to define and implement quarterly and long-term QA strategies and goals.
- Actively participate in test planning, execution, product releases and automation efforts, providing hands-on support.
- Drive adoption of best practices in testing methodologies and oversee day-to-day QA operations, including resource allocation and budget management.
- Monitor, analyse, and report on key QA metrics and project status to stakeholders.
- Partner closely with developers and product managers to ensure shared understanding of quality requirements and deliverables.
- Foster a culture of quality and psychological safety across the QA team and organisation.
Requirements
- 7+ years in Quality Assurance, with a minimum of 3 years in a leadership or management role.
- Strong background in the software development life cycle (SDLC), testing methodologies, and core QA principles.
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Python, and Playwright.
- Experience managing and optimizing QA operations, including budget forecasting, resource planning, and toolchain selection/maintenance.
- Experience integrating QA processes and automation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to analyse team data and metrics to assess performance and identify work gaps.
- Experience reviewing and providing feedback on test cases to ensure comprehensive coverage and accuracy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage QA needs of multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Experience working in a regulated environment (like fintech or banking) is a strong plus.
- Willingness to undergo background checks (Credit, Criminal and other job inherent checks).
