QA Lead

intent sp. z o.o.; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 133,920 - 200,880; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Poland is seeking an experienced QA Lead to oversee quality assurance in mobile and IoT projects. The role requires designing testing strategies, mentoring testers, and collaborating closely with developers and project managers. Ideal candidates should have over 6 years of experience, expertise in testing tools like Cypress and Appium, and strong analytical skills. Fluency in English (B2 or higher) is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience in software testing, preferably in mobile and IoT projects.
• Knowledge of manual and automated testing tools.
• Understanding of BLE, API testing, and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and execute comprehensive testing strategies.
• Manage and mentor the QA team members.
• Define and track quality metrics and improve testing efficiency.
• Collaborate with various teams to ensure test coverage.

Skills

Test case management tools

Mobile and IoT projects

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

English (B2 or higher)

Tools

Cypress

Appium

Postman

Robot Framework

Jira

Confluence

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced QA Lead who will take ownership of quality assurance across our mobile and IoT projects.
You’ll be responsible for designing and executing test strategies, improving QA processes, and mentoring team of testers.

About intent

intent has over 15+ years of experience in conceptualizing, designing, and building apps for IoT and connected devices. We act as a specialized think partner for products at the intersection of physical and digital (such as wearables and IoT), working with companies like Oura, BOSE, and McIntosh audio systems.

What you’ll do

• Plan, design, and execute comprehensive testing strategies for IoT and mobile products.

• Manage and mentor the QA team members, provide guidance, review test cases, and foster knowledge sharing.
  Introduce modern QA tools and practices, including test automation and CI/CD integration.

• Define and track quality metrics and continuously improve testing efficiency.

• Work closely with the CTO on continuously iterating the strategy.

• Collaborate with developers, PMs, and clients to define acceptance criteria and ensure test coverage.

• Perform and oversee different types of testing, including, but not limited to:

  • Compatibility testing – ensuring interoperability between various devices, sensors, OS versions, and protocols (e.g. BLE, MQTT).

  • Functional testing – validating data flow, device control, real-time monitoring, and app features.

  • Integration testing - verifying communication across various system components - from embedded firmware, through mobile software all the way to ETL ingestion pipelines on the cloud

  • E2E testing - design and execute data validation from raw sensor signal capture, BLE transport to data visualization, ensuring reliability and correctness

  • Automated testing - automating testing scenarios of mobile software and embedded firmware using software frameworks or hardware-in-the-loop setups, with or without human intervention

  • Performance testing – assessing scalability, latency, and latency under different network conditions, system workloads, and transports

  • Security testing – verifying data transmission safety, access control, and authentication mechanisms.

  • Regression and integration testing – maintaining quality after releases and ensuring seamless app-device-cloud synchronization

• At least 6+ years of professional experience in software testing, preferably in mobile and IoT projects.

• Experience with test case management tools (e.g. Qase) and Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).

• Hands‑on knowledge of manual and automated testing (e.g. Cypress, Appium, Postman, Robot Framework).

• Strong understanding of BLE, API testing, and cloud platforms (AWS, Firebase).

• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with attention to detail.

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• Good command of English (B2 or higher).

• Leadership mindset - ability to support, guide, and grow others.