Lead QA Engineer

ICIMS; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

iCIMS is seeking a Lead Engineer, Quality in Dublin to guide quality across multiple squads. You will own testing strategies, automate frameworks, and govern quality throughout the software lifecycle, working with engineering, product, and DevOps in a hybrid setup at Windmill Lane, Dublin 2.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering and 8+ years as an SDET or similar, with strong REST/web tech experience, CI/CD, and automation leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with scalable design.
• 8+ years as an SDET or similar role developing automated frameworks.
• 6+ years as a technical leader overseeing multiple quality teams.
• Experience with CICD-driven testing and quality governance.
• Proficiency with RESTful services testing and web technologies.
• Experience testing AI integrations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own overall quality for releases and advocate for quality.
• Define and implement automated testing strategies within CICD.
• Ensure test plans and execution complete before production releases.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Train teams on quality standards and code reviews.
• Provide Go/No-Go recommendations for releases.
• Act as Voice of Quality across multiple teams.

Skills

Testing methodologies

Agile/Lean development

Quality governance

CICD processes

REST and RESTful services testing

Web technologies

AI integration testing

Cross-functional collaboration

SDET mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Playwright

JUnit

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Job Overview

As a Lead Engineer, Quality at iCIMS, you will play a critical role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable software solutions across iCIMS. This role combines hands‑on technical expertise with strategic oversight of testing execution, automation frameworks and quality governance. The Lead Engineer, QA Automation partners closely with engineering, product, and Devops to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and drives continues improvement across multiple teams. Off hours support as needed.

This is a hybrid position based at Windmill Lane, Dublin 2, our strategic hub for AI development in Ireland.

About Us

When you join iCIMS, you join the team helping global companies transform business and the world through the power of talent. Our customers do amazing things: design rocket ships, create vaccines, deliver consumer goods globally, overnight, with a smile. As the Talent Cloud company, we empower these organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the right talent. We’re passionate about helping companies build a diverse, winning workforce and about building our home team. We're dedicated to fostering an inclusive, purpose-driven, and innovative work environment where everyone belongs.

Responsibilities

In Sprint Testing

• Collaborate with Development Leaders, Product Owners, and others to ensure high quality releases
• “Own” overall quality for releases by becoming a customer and quality advocate
• Provide the “Go/No-Go” recommendation to the delivery team regarding quality for all releases
• Develop ways to automate and improve testing processes within a CICD construct
• Responsible for ensuring test plans and executions are completed prior to production release
• Ensure E2E and Integration Test automated test coverage prior to production release
• Manually test features in development as needed
• Train testers in how to complete code reviews and code/architecture quality reviews
• Ensure defects have been documented based on standard quality processes
• Train engineers and other team members on current quality standards
• Complete post deployment check for releases as needed

Develop and Maintain Automation Scripts

• Review current automation framework and make improvements as needed
• Perform code reviews for quality engineers to ensure appropriate code standards are being met
• Manage automated test code repositories for multiple test suites using multiple automation tools
• Ensure automation scripts meet acceptable reliability, performance, and maintenance requirements
• Create and improve automated testing strategy for key features for applications under development
• Research and provide feedback on test frameworks and tools

Act as the “Voice of Quality”

• Provide team training, documentation, and direction for multiple quality teams and partners
• Review customer feedback, incidents, and test results from alpha/beta tests to inform test practices
• Be a “voice of the customer” for a functional product area across multiple teams
• Ensure all “definition of done” items are completed prior to production release
• Provide updates to process documentation as needed

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in software engineering experience in scalable software design
• 8+ years experience as an “SDET” or similar role developing automated frameworks and tests
• 6+ years experience as a technical leader leading multiple quality teams with indirect reports
• Strong proficiency in testing methodologies, techniques, and tools with a focus on CICD processes
• Strong proficiency in web-based technologies including AJAX, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JSON, RESTful services and similar related technologies
• Strong knowledge of testing and automating REST and RESTful based web services
• Agile, Lean, Iterative software development and delivery experience required
• Advanced knowledge of various automated test architecture patterns
• Experience developing automation frameworks such as Selenium Web driver or Playwright
• Experience executing performance tests using tools like JUnit or other profiling tools
• Experience evaluating security defects using automated tools
• Experience testing AI Integrations with agentic AI / RAG models
• Experience developing test frameworks for mobile is a plus
• Adept at navigating cross functional teams and promoting quality as a culture across all roles

Education/Certifications/Licenses

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
• One or more certifications such as ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) or ISTQB Advanced Certified (CTAL‑TM, CTAL‑TAE, CT‑ATLaS, CT‑GenAI, CT‑AI)

EEO Statement

iCIMS is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at iCIMS. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you’d like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [e-mail].

Compensation And Benefits

iCIMS offers a comprehensive benefits package: medical, vision, and dental, life insurance, pensions, tuition reimbursement, lifestyle spending accounts, and generous paid time off plans (vacation, sick, parental leave). Learn more here: https://careers.icims.com/benefits.