AI-First QA Lead: End-to-End Testing & Reliability

Lever, Inc.; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Vacation: 28 days

Wellness days

Training reimbursement

Referral bonuses

Training conferences

Health benefits

Home-office reimbursement

Recognition program

Autonomous small team

Job summary

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Lead QA Engineer (AI Native) to own the quality strategy for a high-stakes, AI-driven product. You will design an end-to-end testing pipeline, manage AI-assisted testing, and ensure release safety for critical financial workflows.

You will work in a small, senior team with substantial autonomy, applying AI agents daily to create and evolve testing solutions while collaborating with engineering and DevOps to raise quality across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and owning testing processes for large, complex products with high reliability requirements.
• Strong software engineering foundation including system architecture, backend services, and deployment processes.
• Hands-on experience building automated tests and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Daily practical experience using AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) as part of software development.
• Genuine interest in AI-first development and adapting testing to AI-generated code.
• Ability to take ownership in a small, senior-level team with minimal directions.
• Fluent Russian.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end testing pipeline including pre-merge checks and production gates.
• Define the quality strategy for AI-generated code and ensure sustainable coverage as product scales.
• Maintain automated UI tests across browsers and devices, including AI-agent-driven testing.
• Evaluate and integrate external testing tools to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Own product reliability from a QA perspective with focus on financial workflows.
• Collaborate with Engineering and DevOps to embed quality across the lifecycle.
• Proactively identify risks, share testing practices, and drive improvements.

Skills

QA strategy

CI/CD

Automation

AI-tools usage

Russian language

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Job description

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Lead QA Engineer (AI Native) to own the quality strategy for a high-stakes, AI-driven product. You will design an end-to-end testing pipeline, manage AI-assisted testing, and ensure release safety for critical financial workflows.

You will work in a small, senior team with substantial autonomy, applying AI agents daily to create and evolve testing solutions while collaborating with engineering and DevOps to raise quality across the lifecycle.