Lead Quality Engineer: Test Automation & CI/CD Leader

Mastercard Inc.

Malahide

On-site

EUR 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Mastercard seeks a Lead, Quality Engineer to guide a high‑performing QE team in a microservices, CI/CD environment within the payments domain. You will mentor engineers, define testing strategy, drive automation, and ensure production readiness.

You’ll collaborate with product, design, and engineering to deliver scalable, reliable software, implement KPI-driven quality gates, and stay ahead of QE tool trends while promoting TDD/BDD and shift‑left testing.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or software development.
Proven experience in team building, and mentoring test engineers and working collaboratively as part of development teams.
Strong understanding of Agile development, microservices architecture, and modern testing methodologies.
Hands-on experience with automation: Karate, Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured.
Performance & Resilience: JMeter, Chaos testing tools.
Quality & Monitoring: SonarQube, Quality Gates, AI-based testing platforms.
Languages: Java (preferred), JavaScript, Python.
CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes.
Release Management: Coordinating deployments, managing rollback strategies, and ensuring production readiness.
Experience with contract testing, API testing, and end-to-end service validation.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Curiosity and initiative to explore emerging QE tools and trends, and the ability to translate them into actionable improvements.

Responsibilities

Hands‑on role to Lead end‑to‑end test automation strategy, including tracking and validation of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) such as performance, scalability, reliability, security, and availability while implementing robust and scalable test automation suite.
Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high‑performing team culture.
Drive in‑sprint testing, shift‑left quality, and test automation across XBS platform.
Plan, coordinate, and manage CI/CD pipelines and release management processes to ensure smooth, reliable deployments.
Design and implement robust testing frameworks using Karate, Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured, and AI‑based testing tools.
Implement and monitor Quality KPIs (e.g., test coverage, defect leakage, MTTR, release readiness).
Ensure performance and resilience through JMeter, chaos testing, and contract testing.
Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to ensure intuitive, high‑value user experiences.
Promote test‑driven development (TDD), behavior‑driven development (BDD), and quality gating using tools like SonarQube.
Continuously evaluate and improve team processes, tools, and testing strategies.
Stay current with the latest trends in Quality Engineering and proactively recommend and adopt new tools, frameworks, and practices to enhance team capabilities.