Portugal-based Senior QA Automation Lead — Quality & CI/CD Champion

ITDS; Lisboa; Ibrido; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

ITDS in Portugal is seeking a Senior QA Automation and Quality Assurance Lead to own end-to-end QA across multiple cross-functional teams. You will drive automation strategies, mentor engineers, and ensure robust, scalable software through manual and automated testing.

The role emphasizes governance of testing standards, KPI analysis, and close collaboration with architects and product managers. Fluent English is required; Dutch is a plus. Flexible work model in Portugal.

Competenze

• 5+ years in software testing, quality assurance, or related fields.
• Strong knowledge of manual and automated testing, testing tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience establishing and leading QA strategies across multiple teams.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Mansioni

• Define and implement the QA strategy across development teams, embedding quality early in the development lifecycle.
• Lead and mentor the QA and Automation Engineers, fostering a high-performance quality-driven culture.
• Establish and maintain shared standards, testing frameworks, and infrastructure to support automated and manual testing practices.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites, ensuring high test coverage for core user flows and beyond.
• Collaborate with Architects and Product Managers to decide on testing tools, frameworks, and environments.
• Monitor quality KPIs, defect trends, and testing metrics, providing actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and growth of testing talent within the organization.
• Actively contribute to the codebase and CI/CD pipelines, leading by example in complex testing scenarios.

Conoscenze

QA Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Test frameworks

KPI analysis

English communication

Descrizione del lavoro

ITDS in Portugal is seeking a Senior QA Automation and Quality Assurance Lead to own end-to-end QA across multiple cross-functional teams. You will drive automation strategies, mentor engineers, and ensure robust, scalable software through manual and automated testing.

The role emphasizes governance of testing standards, KPI analysis, and close collaboration with architects and product managers. Fluent English is required; Dutch is a plus. Flexible work model in Portugal.