Senior General Test Lead (AI-Native Delivery Pod)

Eleks; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Close cooperation with a customer

Challenging tasks

Ability to influence project tech

Team of professionals

Dynamic environment with low level of‑

Job summary

ELEKS is seeking a Senior QA Lead to shape the AI-Native delivery pod’s quality strategy from the ground up. You will define gates, criteria, and validation approaches for AI-assisted outputs, while mentoring the pod and collaborating with clients during pre-sales and PoCs.

You will lead QA efforts across web, backend, API, and integration layers, establish scalable automation frameworks, and drive testing excellence in Agile, cross-functional teams at ELEKS.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software testing (manual and automated).
• Experience as a Senior Test/QA Lead.
• Strong QA principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience defining quality strategies, testing processes, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience scaling QA in greenfield or fast-changing environments.

Responsibilities

• Shape the pod’s quality strategy and standards from the ground up.
• Set gates and criteria for AI-assisted outputs and test PoCs/client work.
• Advise on risks, trade-offs, and validation approaches with Tech Lead/Architect.
• Help the pod define a shared notion of 'done' and quality standards.
• Advise clients on quality strategy during pre-sales and PoCs.

Skills

Senior QA Lead

Test automation

AI/LLM testing

Quality strategy

CI/CD integration

Agile teamwork

Communication skills

Tools

Test automation frameworks

AI-assisted testing

Job description

AI-Native Delivery Pod is a new cross-functional team that builds software using AI-Native engineering practices as a core part of the delivery model. You will not only define processes and technical approaches but also actively contribute through architecture design, coding, prototyping, technical leadership, consulting, and pre-sales activities.

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years of experience in software testing, including both manual and automated testing
• Proven experience in a Senior Test/QA Lead role
• Strong understanding of software quality assurance principles, methodologies, and best practices
• 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
• Practical experience applying AI/LLM tools within software engineering and quality assurance workflows
• Ability to utilize AI-assisted tools for test design, test case generation, automation development, debugging, refactoring, and quality analysis
• Strong experience in test automation across web, backend, API, and integration layers
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks and solutions
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD and modern software delivery processes
• Good understanding of test architecture, test data management, mocking, stubbing, and overall test strategy
• Experience working within Agile and cross-functional product teams
• Ability to collaborate effectively with architects, developers, business analysts, product stakeholders, and project managers
• Experience defining feature specifications, acceptance criteria, and validation approaches
• Strong understanding of risk-based testing and quality decision-making
• Ability to evaluate quality trade-offs and advise teams on appropriate validation strategies
• Customer-facing communication skills and the ability to discuss quality-related topics with clients and stakeholders
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
• Highly self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable working with a high degree of autonomy
• Adaptable and flexible mindset with the ability to succeed in an innovative and fast-changing environment
• Upper-Intermediate strong or Advanced English level

WOULD BE A PLUS

• Experience working on AI-Native or AI-assisted software delivery projects

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 personally execute testing on the pod’s PoCs and client work when hands-on coverage is needed
• Advise the Tech Lead/Architect and Domain Expert/BA on risks, quality trade-offs, and validation approaches
• Help the pod self-organize around a shared definition of “done” and quality standards
• Advise clients directly on quality strategy during pre-sales conversations and PoCs, building confidence in the AI-Native delivery model
• Participate in a structured training and ramp-up cycle (2 to 3 months) alongside the rest of the pod

WHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKS

• Close cooperation with a customer
• Challenging tasks
• Ability to influence project technologies
• Team of professionals
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.

Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.