Senior Test Strategy Lead - Cloud-Native & Automotive QA

Kodalink AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Koda Link Consulting AB seeks a Senior Test Strategist for a client in the connected vehicle and automotive software domain, migrating to a new cloud-native platform. You’ll define how products and services are tested across lifecycle, focusing on test strategy, testability, and enablement of architects, DevOps, product teams, OEMs, and suppliers.

You’ll deliver a test strategy covering levels, ownership, quality gates, and tooling, plus a working CI/CD-integrated test suite and validated

Qualifications

• Broad, hands-on experience with test strategy for distributed, cloud-native, or service-based platforms.
• Strong knowledge of API, contract, integration, and E2E testing, plus performance, resilience, and security testing.
• Test automation and CI/CD experience.
• Experience with observability (logging, metrics, tracing, correlation IDs).
• Test data management, service virtualization, mocks, and disposable infrastructure.
• Kubernetes, APIs, databases, and asynchronous messaging.
• BDD/Gherkin, test pyramids, risk-based testing.
• Experience from migration or platform transformation programmes.
• Comfortable working with architects, DevOps, OEMs, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Define a practical test strategy and test levels (unit, component, API, integration, system, non-functional, E2E).
• Define NFR testability requirements so services are observable, diagnosable, and automation-ready.
• Work directly with architects and DevOps on automation, CI/CD integration, and quality gates.
• Clarify the split between product-level and customer-delivery testing.
• Define E2E testing across the full product and services bundle, including customer-specific configuration and external integrations.
• Set requirements for test data, environments, diagnostics, and test-result reporting.
• Assess current products and identify testability gaps and risks.
• Coach teams and create clear test guidance for developers, OEM test teams, and suppliers.

Skills

Test strategy

Test automation

CI/CD collaboration

Observability

Test data management

Platform migration

E2E testing

BDD/Gherkin

Risk-based testing

Stakeholder coaching

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Observability tooling

Job description

Koda Link Consulting AB seeks a Senior Test Strategist for a client in the connected vehicle and automotive software domain, migrating to a new cloud-native platform. You’ll define how products and services are tested across lifecycle, focusing on test strategy, testability, and enablement of architects, DevOps, product teams, OEMs, and suppliers.

You’ll deliver a test strategy covering levels, ownership, quality gates, and tooling, plus a working CI/CD-integrated test suite and validated