Senior General Test Lead (AI-Native Delivery Pod)

DOU Polska; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ELEKS Quality Assurance Office in Krakow, Poland is seeking a Senior General Test Lead for an AI-Native Delivery Pod. You will shape QA strategy, define gates, and lead hands-on testing for PoCs and client work.

You will collaborate with Tech Lead, Architect, and BA to manage risks and validation approaches, and help the pod align on a shared definition of done in a fast-changing environment. English required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software testing, including manual and automated testing
• Experience defining quality strategies, testing processes, quality gates, and acceptance criteria
• Strong experience in test automation across web, backend, API, and integration layers

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
• 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
• Participate in a structured training and ramp-up cycle (2 to 3 months)

Skills

QA Leadership

Test Automation

AI/LLM Testing

QA Strategy

CI/CD

Agile

Stakeholder Comm

Risk-Based Testing

Mentoring

Tools

Selenium

Jira

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

ELEKS Quality Assurance Office is looking for a Senior General Test Lead (AI-Native Delivery Pod) in Krakow, Poland.

About Project

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
• 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

• Proven experience in a Senior Test/QA Lead role
• 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
• Competence development
• Ability to influence project technologies
• Team of professionals
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy