Senior QA Chapter Lead — Remote Europe

Jobgether SRL; Ireland; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote within Europe

Job summary

Jobgether SRL, on behalf of a partner company, seeks a Senior QA Chapter Lead based in Germany. This senior technical QA leadership role blends hands-on engineering with defining quality standards across multiple squads in an Agile environment.

You will embed in one squad, drive automated testing across unit, integration, and E2E levels, own the Definition of Done gate, lead a monthly QA Guild, and shape tooling, test strategies, and CI quality gates across the engineering function.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software QA experience, including at least 2 years in a Lead QA role.
• Strong automation engineering skills and production-quality test code for CI.
• Deep experience with API testing (REST, contract testing, integration testing).
• Experience defining QA standards within Agile teams.
• Embedded in the development lifecycle rather than a final gate.
• Strong Java knowledge to test backend functionality.
• Excellent communication and collaboration to influence teams without line-management authority.
• High technical ownership, analytical thinking, attention to detail, and commitment to QA quality.

Responsibilities

• Embed as senior QA engineer within one squad and participate in sprint ceremonies.
• Define acceptance criteria with Product Owners before each sprint.
• Design, write, maintain, and improve automated test suites across unit, integration, and E2E levels.
• Own Definition of Done quality gate and ensure criteria before releases.
• Define and maintain QA standards across engineering, including test pyramid, tooling, naming conventions, coverage, and CI gates.
• Establish onboarding processes and baseline QA expectations for engineers joining the chapter.
• Lead a monthly QA Guild with the counterpart Chapter Lead to align standards and practices.
• Own the selection, evaluation, evolution, and documentation of QA automation frameworks and tools.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing technologies.
• Monitor and report on QA chapter health, including coverage trends, flaky-test rates, and automation backlog.
• Partner with engineering leadership to address quality issues affecting multiple teams.
• Promote a proactive quality culture integrated from the start of development.

Skills

Automation engineering

API testing

Agile teamwork

Technical ownership

Communication

Job description

Jobgether SRL, on behalf of a partner company, seeks a Senior QA Chapter Lead based in Germany. This senior technical QA leadership role blends hands-on engineering with defining quality standards across multiple squads in an Agile environment.

You will embed in one squad, drive automated testing across unit, integration, and E2E levels, own the Definition of Done gate, lead a monthly QA Guild, and shape tooling, test strategies, and CI quality gates across the engineering function.