Qa Lead

Aderen; España; On-site; PHP 3,749,000 - 4,284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time Freelance contract

Rate: €280/320 per day + VAT

Long-Term Project

Location: Spain – Remote

ASAP start

Job summary

Aderen is seeking a QA Lead to define and drive the quality strategy for a complex backend-oriented project. You will coordinate QA across squads, ensure rigorous test coverage, and maintain alignment between testing, delivery, and governance.

You will manage evidence, traceability, and release-readiness while embedding quality throughout the delivery lifecycle. The role requires strong QA leadership, coordination across multiple teams, and a hands-on approach to backend testing, including APIs

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA in complex software deliveries.
• Strong understanding of API-based validation and integration testing.
• Excellent communication with technical stakeholders and teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the overall QA strategy across the programme.
• Coordinate QA activities across squads, ensuring consistency in execution and defect management.
• Oversee test coverage across API testing, integration testing, contract testing, regression and risk-based validation.
• Ensure quality validation for authentication, authorisation, roles and claims, and service interactions.
• Work with Product, Architecture, Development, DevOps, and external stakeholders to embed quality.
• Coordinate quality reporting, traceability, and release-readiness.
• Support IV&V activities including evidence preparation and follow-up.

Skills

QA leadership

Backend testing

API testing

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Salesforce

Boomi

Oracle NetSuite

Zuora Billing

Job description

SEEKING: QA Lead We are looking for a QA Lead to define and drive the quality strategy across a complex backend-oriented, multi-squad technology project. This person will coordinate QA activities across the programme, ensuring consistent standards, clear visibility of quality risks, and alignment between testing, delivery, and governance expectations. This role requires a strong mix of QA leadership, delivery coordination, and backend-oriented testing understanding. We need someone capable of establishing a robust and traceable QA operating model, supporting squads in quality-related decisions, and ensuring quality is embedded throughout the delivery lifecycle. (You will need to pass a QA Lead - Microservices, Integration & Workflow Orchestration security process)

RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS

• Define and maintain the overall QA strategy, standards, and ways of working across the programme.
• Coordinate and support QA activities across squads, ensuring consistency in execution, evidence, reporting, and defect management.
• Oversee test coverage across API testing, integration testing, contract testing, regression, negative scenarios, business workflows, and risk-based validation.
• Ensure appropriate quality validation in areas such as authentication, authorisation, roles and claims, tenant isolation, and service interactions.
• Work closely with Product, Business Analysis, Architecture, Development, DevOps, and external stakeholders to embed quality throughout delivery.
• Coordinate quality reporting, traceability, audit readiness, and release-readiness recommendations.
• Support collaboration with IV&V (Independent Verification and Validation), including evidence preparation, defect clarification, and follow-up activities.
• Promote clear traceability between requirements, test coverage, defects, evidence, and delivery outcomes.
• Ensure any use of AI-assisted QA or test generation is reviewed and aligned with quality standards.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Experience working with tools such as Salesforce, Boomi, Oracle NetSuite, and Zuora Billing. At least 3-4 years of experience with one of these tools.
• Strong experience in QA leadership within complex software delivery environments.
• Previous experience coordinating QA activities across multiple squads or teams.
• Experience working in backend-oriented environments involving APIs, integrations, workflows, or data validation.
• Understanding of API-based validation approaches and integration-focused testing.
• Experience defining test approaches, quality gates, defect triage, reporting, and release-readiness processes.
• Ability to work confidently with technical stakeholders including developers, architects, and DevOps teams.
• Strong analytical skills, communication abilities, and attention to detail.
• Professional level of English (spoken and written).

PARTICULARLY VALUABLE

• Experience in integration-heavy or distributed system environments.
• Experience working in regulated, security-conscious, or highly governed delivery contexts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD quality controls, structured evidence management, and traceability practices.
• Experience collaborating with external validation, audit, or compliance teams.
• ISTQB certification or equivalent QA certification.

What we are looking for: We need someone who is practical, organised, credible, and delivery-focused, with the ability to coordinate QA in a structured but non-bureaucratic way. The right person will help ensure consistency across squads, provide visibility of quality risks, and support confident release and delivery decisions.

LANGUAGE

• English- C1/C2

WE OFFER

• Full-time Freelance contract
• Rate: €280/320 per day + VAT (according to the experience provided)
• Long-Term Project
• Location: Spain – Remote
• Desired start date: ASAP