Lead QA Engineer: Automation & Quality Leader

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

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.