Lead QA Engineer

Casado; Brazil; On-site; BRL 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Casado is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance leader to own and improve testing across complex, distributed systems in our team. You will drive end-to-end quality, coordinate across mobile, web and backend, and champion rigorous testing practices.

The role emphasizes Monkey Testing, Chaos Engineering, and automation, with exposure to AWS cloud services. A 5+ year track record in QA and a strong collaboration mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional QA or software testing experience in large, distributed systems.
• Experience coordinating QA across multiple interdependent teams and domains (Mobile, Web, Backend).
• Deep expertise in testing methodologies with Monkey Testing and Chaos Engineering/Resilience Testing.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and related services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS).

Responsibilities

• Understand product architecture to ensure thorough testing across all layers.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies to enable end-to-end quality and delivery.
• Test Native Mobile Apps, Backend services, and Frontend systems.
• Design and execute advanced testing techniques and contribute to test strategy and automation.
• Assist with test reporting and CI/CD coverage.

Skills

QA leadership

Test coordination

Monkey Testing

Chaos Engineering

AWS cloud testing

Distributed systems

Frontend testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

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Key responsibilities:

• Demonstrate a deep, system-level understanding of the entire product architecture to ensure comprehensive and thorough testing across all layers.
• Proactively identify, coordinate, and manage cross-team dependencies to ensure seamless end-to-end quality and delivery.
• Employ extensive testing experience across Native Mobile Applications, Backend services, and Front end systems.
• Design and execute advanced testing techniques, including thorough Monkey Testing, and champion the introduction of Chaos Engineering practices into the development pipeline.
• Identify tasks/dependencies/risks during backlog grooming/planning.
• Provide reasonable test estimates and feedback on priorities.
• Fully understand and actively provide ways to improve project/solution level test strategy/test design principles.
• Contribute to the evaluation of testing tools/techniques/strategies.
• Contribute effectively to the development of a project's test strategy and automation suite.
• Collaborate with developers/business analysts for feedback into software design and tests.
• Assist with effective test reporting and contribute to ensuring the CI/CD pipeline has thorough test coverages.
• Contribute effectively to utilize an automation framework for testing and the creation of test scripts (different automation test layers such as UI or API Acceptance Tests).
• Identify gaps in the current automation suite and help prioritize those / get them into the backlog.
• Investigate and assist in diagnosing issues.
• Share testing/product knowledge with other team members.

Must haves:

• 5+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance or Software Testing, with a focus on large, complex, and distributed systems.
• Proven experience as a coordinator or leader managing QA activities across multiple, interdependent teams and technical domains (Mobile, Web, Backend).
• Deep expertise in various testing methodologies, including mandatory experience with Monkey Testing and/or a strong theoretical or practical background in Chaos Engineering/Resilience Testing.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and understanding of how cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) impact system testing.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have:

Professional experience in complex frontend web applications. Automation is a plus; experience programming or scripting in at least one modern language (e.g., Python or Ruby). 5+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance or Software Testing, with a focus on large, complex, and distributed systems., Proven experience as a coordinator or leader managing QA activities across multiple, interdependent teams and technical domains (Mobile, Web, Backend)., Deep expertise in various testing methodologies, including mandatory experience with Monkey Testing and/or a strong theoretical or practical background in Chaos Engineering/Resilience Testing., Exposure to cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and understanding of how cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) impact system testing., Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.