Lead QA Engineer

Yousician; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Opportunity to impact millions of musicians

Work in an awesome office in Helsinki

Job summary

A leading music-tech company in Helsinki is seeking a QA Lead to ensure the quality of its digital applications. In this vital role, you will lead quality assurance practices, collaborate with teams, and implement test automation strategies. Ideal candidates possess mobile app testing experience and knowledge in CI/CD processes. This position offers competitive compensation in a vibrant office environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in creating and improving quality assurance processes and procedures.
• Experience in implementing and improving test automation and CI.
• Capable of working with virtualized or containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement quality practices and test automation for the Yousician application.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver new features.
• Evaluate and integrate emerging tools that enhance test efficiency.

Skills

Quality assurance processes

Test automation

Mobile app testing

Continuous learning

Mentoring

Tools

Appium

Android Studio

XCode

Jenkins

Unity

AltTester

C#

Python

Job description

On a mission to make musicality as common as literacy

At Yousician, you’ll help shape the future of music education and profoundly impact the lives of millions of people.

Yousician impacts and enriches the lives of millions of people by empowering them to play music they love, learn something new, and nourish their well-being with something meaningful. We merge music and tech to amplify the everyday. We reimagine the way people learn to play so that everyone can play.

We’re a band of passionate professionals who love what they do, are great at it, and move to the beat of the same drum. We’re for all players — from newbies to seasoned pros. If you are looking for a rewarding career opportunity that helps shape the future of music-tech, you’re in the right place!

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

Developing the largest and fastest-growing music education app in the world is a real challenge, but very rewarding. As the QA Lead, you’ll have a unique opportunity to join our ambitious growth company and re‑imagine the way music education works. You’ll play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of our apps and have a significant impact on the company's success.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead and implement quality practices and test automation for the Yousician application
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver new features and improve our ways of working
• Ensure that we understand how different users experience the application and use this information to improve the perceived quality of the application
• Evaluate and integrate emerging tools, frameworks, and technologies that enhance test efficiency, CI/CD performance, and release confidence
• Take part in manual testing of the application to ensure that the quality practices you defined work

WHO YOU ARE

• Experience in creating and improving quality assurance processes and procedures
• Experience in implementing and improving test automation and CI
• Knowledgeable in mobile app testing
• Capable of working with virtualized or containerized environments
• Enthusiastic about continuous learning and improvement
• Experience in mentoring quality engineers
• You can see yourself testing with a musical instrument in your hand
• Experience with automation for mobile platforms: Appium, Android Studio, XCode
• We see great value in candidates with experience in Jenkins, Unity, AltTester, and C# or Python

WHAT WE OFFER

• You’ll have an opportunity to join our international team, backed by the top VC’s and competing with the best education applications in the world
• You’ll have a meaningful and profound impact on the lives of millions of musicians and future musicians all around the world
• You’ll get to work with a passionate and friendly growing band of PMs, designers, developers and data scientists
• You’ll get a competitive compensation package – salary, perks‑and work in an awesome office in the heart of Helsinki

HOW TO APPLY

Send us your application and CV (in English). Or get in touch with us through our Talent Acquisition Partner [e-mail]. Let’s make the world a more musical place together!

ABOUT US

Yousician is the world’s largest music‑tech company, with millions of users worldwide. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Yousician is home to the category‑defining Yousician and GuitarTuna apps. Yousician, the #1 platform to learn and play music, makes learning fun, easy, and more accessible for everyone. Yousician’s innovative, award‑winning technology listens to you play and gives instant feedback. With interactive, gamified lessons and songs, and courses by world‑famous artists like Metallica and Jason Mraz, Yousician empowers people to play music they love. GuitarTuna, the #1 tune‑and‑play app (iOS, Android, WP), has won numerous international business awards, including WIRED’s hottest Finnish start‑up, SXSW, Midem, Launch.edu, and educational awards such as Sunday Times ‘World’s best apps’ and Best European Learning Game. Today Yousician employs 140+ professionals from nearly 30 nationalities. We’re hiring, so come join our amazing team and help us make the world a more musical place!

Shaping Music Together – With Every Voice

At Yousician, we’re on a mission to make musicality as common as literacy, and key to that is building a team as diverse as the people we serve. As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture and in accordance with our core values, we welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background, age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, family status, education, socioeconomic status or any other characteristic. People with severe disabilities will be given preference if equally qualified.

If you have a disability, special needs, or require any specific needs or support during the application process, please feel welcome to inform us and we’ll gladly provide the support you need during the application and interview process.

We’re here to make music more accessible and that includes the path to joining our team.

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional growth mindset.

ONLY THE BEST

Pride in doing excellent work.

CONTACT

Lis Balaj
Talent Acquisition Partner

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