Quality Engineering Lead

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

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and nurture a team through consistent feedback, performance evaluations, and tailored career development plans.

• Assist in the recruitment and onboarding process.

• Collaborate with Engineering peers to establish the testing strategy and quality benchmarks.

• Assess and delegate Quality Engineering responsibilities based on product risks, roadmap goals, and team workload.

• Engage in test design, automation, and exploratory testing initiatives.

• Aid in the analysis of intricate defects and validate modifications across various product areas.

• Provide support to Quality Engineers, developers, and Product Managers in executing the testing strategy.

• Enhance testing tools and methodologies, including the judicious use of AI-assisted testing.

• Utilize customer issues, defect data, and test reliability statistics to pinpoint areas for improvement.

• Facilitate product launches by conveying test outcomes, existing risks, and quality recommendations.

• Convert company objectives and product priorities into a Quality Engineering roadmap with quantifiable improvement targets.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading a technical team, including mentoring, performance assessments, and personalized professional growth.

• Practical experience in software testing, crafting test strategies, and test automation.

• Familiarity with end-to-end, API, integration, or component testing.

• Experience in defining and presenting quality metrics.

• Proficient in utilizing quality metrics, test outcomes, and risk evaluations to identify deficiencies and aid in decision-making.

• Capability to prioritize tasks and delegate responsibilities effectively.

• Strong collaboration skills with Engineering and Product teams.

• Excellent proficiency in written and spoken English.

• Ability to articulate technical concepts and trade-offs in a clear manner.

• Knowledge of the German language is not mandatory.

• Experience in e-commerce, open-source software, cloud applications, upgrades and migrations, as well as AI-assisted development and test automation is advantageous but not essential.

• Prior familiarity with Shopware is not required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Open culture with flat hierarchies and encouragement of individual initiative.

• Permanent employment contract.

• Flexible working hours.

• Options for remote work and fully remote contracts.

• Freedom to choose your work hardware.

• Well-structured onboarding process with a personal buddy.

• Inspiring work environment with engaged colleagues and a dynamic community.

• Diverse opportunities for personal growth and development.

• Company pension scheme.

• Health programs.

• Regular team events.