QA Chapter Lead

Watu Credit

QA Chapter Lead responsible for QA standards and practices across multiple engineering squads in a fintech company. Collaborating with teams in Africa and ensuring quality through embedded QA practices.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇰🇪 KenyaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Java

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Attend all squad ceremonies - sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review, retrospective.
Define acceptance criteria with the Product Owner before each sprint.
Write and maintain automated test suites for your squad's domain - unit, integration, E2E as appropriate.
Own the squad's Definition of Done quality gate.
Define and maintain QA standards for the function.
Onboard new QA engineers into the chapter.
Run the monthly QA Guild with the counterpart Chapter Lead from the other engineering function.
Own the automation framework selection and evolution.
Report to the Head of Engineering on QA chapter health.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software QA experience with at least 2 years in a Lead QA role where you drove test strategy across more than one team.
Strong automation engineering skills - you write test code to a production standard.
Experience with API testing at depth: REST, contract testing, integration test design.
Experience defining and maintaining QA standards in an Agile squad environment.
Experience in Java-based backend environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Automated Test SuitesUnit TestingIntegration TestingE2E TestingTest Code WritingTest Strategy DevelopmentQA Standards DefinitionAcceptance Criteria DefinitionAgile MethodologiesQuality Gate Ownership

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipCollaborationMentoring