Hands-on AI QA Tech Lead

StartApp, inc.; Poland; Remote; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Start.io is seeking a hands-on AI QA Technical Lead to drive the evolution of QA through AI. You will design and build AI-powered tools and workflows used by QA engineers across the testing lifecycle, from test design to failure investigation.

This leadership role focuses on building, experimentation and innovation, with close collaboration to engineering teams to tackle real-world QA challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Software Quality Engineering, Test Automation or Software Engineering.
• Strong experience with test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress or similar.
• Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python.
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered tools, applications, workflows or agents using LLMs.
• Practical understanding of agentic workflows, prompt and context engineering, tool calling, MCP and API integrations.
• Experience turning experimental solutions into reliable and maintainable engineering products.
• Strong QA fundamentals, including test design, regression testing and exploratory testing.
• Experience with APIs, databases and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to independently drive technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve AI-powered tools, agents and workflows that improve the efficiency and quality of the QA team.
• Identify repetitive or high-impact QA activities and turn them into scalable AI-enabled solutions.
• Build integrations between AI capabilities and our testing, engineering and internal systems.
• Define technical standards and best practices for AI-powered QA solutions, including prompts, context, tools, agent workflows and human-in-the-loop processes.
• Build mechanisms to evaluate AI output, measure quality and detect regressions.
• Monitor and improve the reliability, performance and cost of AI-powered solutions.
• Act as the technical focal point for AI within the QA team and help drive adoption, knowledge sharing and experimentation.
• Work closely with QA engineers and engineering teams to turn real-world challenges into practical solutions.

Skills

Playwright

Cypress

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

AI-powered tools

agentic workflows

APIs and distributed systems

QA fundamentals

problem-solving

LLM integrations

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Start.io is seeking a hands-on AI QA Technical Lead to drive the evolution of QA through AI. You will design and build AI-powered tools and workflows used by QA engineers across the testing lifecycle, from test design to failure investigation.

This leadership role focuses on building, experimentation and innovation, with close collaboration to engineering teams to tackle real-world QA challenges.