QA Lead: Automation & Quality Champion (Hybrid)

Quion; Matosinhos; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal allowance

Hybrid work arrangement

Office in Matosinhos, Porto

Job summary

Quion in Porto is seeking a QA Lead to coordinate day‑to‑day testing efforts, drive automation strategy, and coach Test Specialists. You will bridge Porto and Capelle aan den IJssel, shaping testing quality across value streams while advancing reusable automation and CI/CD practices.

You will lead test design, execution and data strategies, partner with Product Owners and delivery teams in a dynamic Agile environment, and contribute hands‑on when needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and maintaining automated test solutions.
• Experience in software testing and test automation, including test design, test execution and maintenance of automated tests.
• Experience with reusable, compliant test data and test environment management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the execution of the Test Enablement backlog and ensure predictable delivery.
• Plan and distribute work across Test Specialists based on priorities, capacity and expertise.
• Monitor progress, quality risks, dependencies and impediments, and accelerate where required.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching on testing, quality engineering and test automation.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, QA Engineers, delivery teams and other stakeholders in Porto and the Netherlands.

Skills

Test automation

API testing

Front-end testing

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Postman

Selenium

Playwright

QA design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

ISTQB or similar QA certification

Tools

Postman

Selenium

Playwright

FitNesse

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Quion in Porto is seeking a QA Lead to coordinate day‑to‑day testing efforts, drive automation strategy, and coach Test Specialists. You will bridge Porto and Capelle aan den IJssel, shaping testing quality across value streams while advancing reusable automation and CI/CD practices.

You will lead test design, execution and data strategies, partner with Product Owners and delivery teams in a dynamic Agile environment, and contribute hands‑on when needed.