Lead QA Engineer

Software Mind

Lead QA Engineer ensuring quality from third-party vendors for software systems. Responsible for defining QA strategies, validating vendor deliverables, and testing integrated systems.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇶🇦 QatarSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the independent quality authority across all externally developed applications and systems
Validate all vendor-delivered features before release: functional, regression, and integration testing
Ensure solutions meet business requirements — not just technical specs
Identify gaps vendors may overlook or under-test
Define and implement a QA strategy across all systems
Establish test plans, acceptance criteria frameworks, and release readiness checklists
Introduce automation where appropriate (without overengineering)
Review and challenge vendor-provided test cases, QA processes, and defect resolution approaches
Ensure vendors are not testing their own homework
Escalate quality risks early and clearly
Own testing across system boundaries: ERP, eCommerce, CRM, and data platforms
Validate real-world workflows: order-to-cash, customer journeys, data flows
Identify failures that only show up in end-to-end scenarios
Ensure data accuracy, proper transformations and mappings across systems
Validate reporting outputs and dashboards against source systems
Act as a gatekeeper for production releases with defined go/no-go criteria
Participate in sprint reviews and release planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

5–10+ years in QA / software testing roles
+90% English written and oral (at least B2 level)
Experience working in vendor-led or outsourced development environments
Strong knowledge of manual and automated testing approaches
API testing experience (e.g., Postman or similar tools)
Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail, Zephyr, or equivalent)
Experience testing across integrated systems: ERP (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite) and CRM systems
Independent thinker — not influenced by vendor narratives
Detail-obsessed — finds what others miss
Business-aware — tests based on real-world usage, not just specs
Assertive communicator — willing to block releases if needed
Systems-oriented — understands how failures cascade across platforms

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible schedules
An authentic work-life balance
Payment in US Dollars

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Hard Skills & Tools

QA strategyfunctional testingregression testingintegration testingmanual testingautomated testingAPI testingdata accuracytest managementend-to-end testing

Soft Skills

independent thinkerdetail-orientedbusiness-awareassertive communicatorsystems-oriented