Senior/Lead QA Analyst - Octant

deCircle; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A Web3 startup is seeking a Senior/Lead QA Analyst to oversee QA strategy and automation efforts for decentralized applications. The role involves defining quality benchmarks, establishing best practices, and mentoring QA engineers. Candidates should have significant experience in QA, especially within the Web3 space, along with strong leadership and communication skills. This position requires adapting to new technologies and working in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in QA/software testing, including 2+ years in Web3.
• Proven track record of building scalable test automation frameworks.
• Strong experience with CI/CD integration for automated testing.

Aufgaben

• Define and drive the overall QA strategy for products.
• Design and maintain automated test frameworks.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure testability of requirements.

Kenntnisse

QA/software testing experience

Automation frameworks

CI/CD integration

Web3 technologies

API testing

Bug tracking tools

QA methodologies

Communication skills

Tools

Cypress

Selenium

Jira

Jobbeschreibung

About Us

We are a fast-growing Web3 startup building products and infrastructure for the future of internet finance. Our mission is to deliver secure, scalable, and user-friendly experiences that empower communities around the world. We’re looking for a Senior/Lead QA Analyst to own our QA strategy, scale automation, and ensure that our products consistently meet the highest standards of quality.

Role Overview

As a Senior / Lead QA Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and security of our decentralized applications. You’ll define and execute our QA strategy across Web3 systems, from smart contracts integrations to front-end dApps, while scaling automation frameworks and embedding testing into our CI/CD pipelines. This role is both hands-on and strategic: you’ll lead test planning and automation efforts, establish quality benchmarks, and mentor team members, ensuring that every release meets the highest standards of usability and

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall QA strategy, including automation coverage, quality metrics, and release readiness criteria.

• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks (web, mobile, APIs, and smart contracts integration).

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions etc.) to support continuous delivery.

• Lead test planning, execution, and reporting for major releases, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing.

• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define acceptance criteria and ensure testability of requirements.

• Build tools and processes for cross-browser, cross-device, and wallet integration testing.

• Establish and enforce QA best practices across teams.

• Mentor other QA engineers/analysts, providing guidance on automation, bug triage, and process improvements.

• Work closely with DevOps to strengthen release pipelines and quality gates.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in QA/software testing (including 2+ years in the Web3 space), with at least 2+ years in a senior or lead capacity.

• Proven track record of building and scaling test automation frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer, etc.).

• Strong experience with CI/CD integration for automated testing pipelines.

• Familiarity with Web3 technologies : smart contracts, wallets (MetaMask, WalletConnect, hardware wallets), blockchain transactions, gas estimations.

• Experience testing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

• Proficiency with bug tracking and test management tools (Jira, Linear, TestRail, etc.).

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile practices.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience in cross-functional collaboration.

Nice-to-Have

• Solid understanding of smart contract development frameworks (Hardhat, Foundry).

• Background in security and performance testing for blockchain and dApps.

• Familiarity with DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, or L2 scaling solutions.

• Programming experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python (for building automation tools/tests).

• Prior experience scaling QA in a startup or high-growth environment.

Personality Traits

• Attention to Detail

• Communication Skills

• Culture Fit.

Values & Attributes We’re Looking For

• Deep alignment with Web3 principles and decentralized technology.

• Strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.

• Comfortable working in a remote-friendly, fast-paced, iterative environment.

• Proven ability to balance pragmatic solutions with innovation.

• Adaptability and willingness to dive into new challenges and unfamiliar technologies.

• The time overlap for the team is 8 AM - 12 PM EST (2 PM - 6 PM CET) and we expect you to be available for meetings at that time window.