Head of QA

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We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Head of QA Engineer to drive the evolution of our quality assurance function across 35+ teams. Building on a solid foundation of testing practices and quality culture, you will scale processes, advance automation, and lead a strong QA organization to the next level. This role combines strategic leadership, technical excellence, and organizational impact — ensuring quality at speed in a high-load, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the overall QA strategy across 35+ teams, encompassing all levels (unit, integration, and end-to-end).
• Hands-on experience in building automation infrastructure.
• Promote automation-first approaches while optimizing manual testing.
• Maintain and enhance test environments, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage and mentor a group of QA Managers, each overseeing multiple product streams.
• Develop QA leadership talent: engineers, leads, and managers.
• Drive structured incident reviews and translate findings into strategy improvements.
• Define and monitor quality metrics (coverage, defect density, release quality, execution speed).
• Partner closely with Engineering and Product leadership to ensure predictable and efficient delivery.

Requirements

• 6+ years in Quality Assurance, including 2+ years in a leadership role managing 50+ people.
• Proven experience in building and scaling QA organizations: hiring, onboarding, mentoring, performance management.
• Strong expertise in test automation: tool selection, framework setup, pipeline management.
• Solid knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices and automated testing integration.
• Experience testing complex, high-load systems with frequent releases.
• Strong analytical mindset and KPI-driven approach to QA performance.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a strategic and collaborative mindset.
• English — Upper-Intermediate+.

We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to

• Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks.
• Opportunity to develop language skills, with partial compensation for the cost of Spanish classes (for localization purposes).
• Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for our employees and their family members).
• Global coverage health insurance.
• Time for proper rest, with 20 working days of annual vacation and additional paid sick days.
• Competitive remuneration level with annual review.
• Teambuilding activities.

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