Quality Assurance Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Romania.

📋 Description

• Design and take ownership of the QA strategy for both the NedGraphics and Optitex product lines.

• Spearhead the strategic evolution of the QA function into a modern, automation-centric, AI-enhanced operation complete with a roadmap and key milestones.

• Foster a quality-driven culture within the team and the broader engineering organization.

• Develop and implement standards, processes, and quality checkpoints for product launches.

• Collaborate with engineering leads and Product Managers to embed QA throughout the development lifecycle.

• Define team objectives and encourage individual growth.

• Oversee performance management, conduct 1:1 meetings, and support career advancement for a team of five QA engineers.

• Increase automation coverage across the product suite.

• Establish the automation roadmap and guide the current automation engineer.

• Identify and integrate AI-assisted testing solutions.

• Minimize dependence on manual regression testing.

• Participate in test design, execution, and defect analysis for intricate features.

• Stay closely connected to the product portfolio and offer informed quality assessments.

• Set benchmarks for effective testing practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven leadership or management experience in a QA team, preferably having built or significantly revamped a QA function from inception.

• Demonstrated capability to create or implement a QA strategy, rather than merely adhering to one.

• Hands-on experience in software testing; this position requires a player-coach approach.

• Strong background in testing native desktop applications.

• Familiarity with at least one test automation framework for UI desktop applications, such as WinAppDriver, Appium, Squish by Qt Group, or a similar tool.

• Skilled in Python and shell scripting for developing and maintaining test automation.

• Ability to integrate the automation framework into a broader AI-driven build process utilizing tools like Azure DevOps, Cursor, and Claude cloud agents.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, PMs, and senior stakeholders.

• Proven track record of enhancing QA processes and achieving measurable outcomes.

• Experience collaborating effectively across multiple time zones with a globally distributed team, including asynchronous communication and adaptive scheduling.

• Previous experience leading a team, with a clear strategy for setting direction, delegating tasks, and developing team members.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools or a genuine enthusiasm for their adoption.

• Background in software product companies, preferably with portfolios of desktop applications.

• Exposure to agile or scrum methodologies.

• Experience in establishing an automation capability from the ground up.

• Knowledge of Azure DevOps for tracking work items, managing test plans, and integrating pipelines.

🏝️ Benefits

• A new, senior position offering substantial opportunity to influence the quality approach at NedGraphics.

• Close collaboration with the VP of Engineering and a technically proficient R&D team.

• Leadership and development of a team of five QA engineers.

• Competitive salary with an additional 5% discretionary bonus.

• Flexible working arrangements available across the EU/UK.