AI-Native QA Lead: Strategy, Automation & Delivery

Lever, Inc.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Close cooperation with a customer

Challenging tasks

Competence development

Team of professionals

Dynamic environment

Job summary

ELEKS Quality Assurance Office in Krakow, Poland, seeks a Senior General Test Lead for the AI-Native Delivery Pod. You will shape the pod's quality strategy, define quality gates, and set acceptance criteria for AI-assisted outputs and PoCs.

Collaborating with architects, developers, and product stakeholders, you will drive scalable test automation across web, backend, API, and integration layers, and integrate testing into CI/CD while remaining hands-on when needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software testing, including both manual and automated testing.
• Proven experience in a Senior Test/QA Lead role.
• Experience defining quality strategies, testing processes, quality gates, testing standards, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience establishing and scaling QA practices in greenfield or rapidly evolving environments.
• Experience applying AI/LLM tools within software engineering and QA workflows.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD and modern software delivery processes.

Responsibilities

• Participate in shaping the pod's quality strategy and standards from the ground up.
• Set quality gates and acceptance criteria for AI-assisted and AI-generated output, and execute testing on PoCs and client work when hands-on coverage is needed.
• Advise on risks, quality trade-offs, and validation approaches to the Tech Lead/Architect and Domain Expert/BA.
• Help the pod self-organize around a shared definition of done and quality standards.
• Advise clients on quality strategy during pre-sales conversations and PoCs to build confidence in the AI-Native delivery model.
• Participate in a structured training and ramp-up cycle (2 to 3 months).

Skills

QA Leadership

AI/LLM Testing

Test Automation

CI/CD

Agile

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

ELEKS Quality Assurance Office in Krakow, Poland, seeks a Senior General Test Lead for the AI-Native Delivery Pod. You will shape the pod's quality strategy, define quality gates, and set acceptance criteria for AI-assisted outputs and PoCs.

Collaborating with architects, developers, and product stakeholders, you will drive scalable test automation across web, backend, API, and integration layers, and integrate testing into CI/CD while remaining hands-on when needed.