QA Engineering Lead

Marathon Talent; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon Talent is partnering with a high-growth education and fintech technology company to hire a QA Engineering Lead who will build the Quality function from the ground up. This foundational leadership role defines QA strategy, automation frameworks, AI-assisted testing, and quality standards across mission-critical financial and operational workflows.

You will work closely with backend, platform, and AI teams to embed intelligent testing, anomaly detection, and automated triage into CI/CD

Qualifications

• 7+ years in QA with leadership or automation experience.
• Experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Deep knowledge of API, backend and integration testing.
• Experience with CI/CD, microservices and async systems.
• Fluent in Spanish and English.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the QA automation and quality strategy end-to-end.
• Design automated testing for high-impact financial flows (payments, billing, reconciliation, SIS).
• Partner with AI engineers to implement AI-assisted test generation and anomaly detection.
• Define QA standards, release criteria, and quality gates.
• Embed quality practices early in development (shift-left).
• Hire, mentor, and scale the QA team over time.

Skills

QA leadership

Automation frameworks

API testing

CI/CD

Microservices

English/Spanish

Tools

FastAPI

Node.js

PostgreSQL

AWS/GCP

Kubernetes

Kafka/SQS

Job description

About the Company

We are partnering with a high-growth, well-funded education & fintech technology company building a finance-first operating system for schools across Latin America. The platform unifies payments, billing, collections, SIS, and academic workflows, supporting thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of families.

The company is scaling rapidly, with a strong focus on reliability, automation, and AI-driven quality.

Role Overview

We are looking for a QA Engineering Lead to build the Quality function from the ground up.

This is a foundational leadership role responsible for defining QA strategy, automation frameworks, AI-assisted testing systems, and quality standards across all mission-critical financial and operational workflows.

You will work closely with backend, platform, and AI teams to embed intelligent testing, anomaly detection, and automated triage into CI/CD pipelines—directly impacting platform stability and customer trust at scale.

What Youll Do

• Build and own the QA automation and quality strategy end-to‑end

• Design automated testing for high-impact financial flows (payments, billing, reconciliation, SIS)

• Partner with AI engineers to implement AI‑assisted test generation and anomaly detection

• Define QA standards, release criteria, and quality gates

• Embed quality practices early in development (shift‑left)

• Hire, mentor, and scale the QA team over time

Tech Stack

Python (FastAPI), Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, event‑driven microservices.

Requirements

• 7+ years in QA, with 3+ years in QA leadership or automation roles

• Strong experience building automation frameworks from scratch

• Deep knowledge of API, backend, and integration testing

• Experience with CI/CD, microservices, and asynchronous systems

• Fluent in Spanish and English

Nice to have: fintech or payments experience, message queues (Kafka/SQS), performance testing, AI-enabled testing exposure.

Why This Role

• Build a QA function from zero with high ownership

• Work on complex, mission-critical financial systems

• Collaborate with senior engineering and AI teams

• Strong growth opportunities in a fast-scaling LATAM company

• Remote-first and competitive compensation

Location: Remote (LATAM)

Travel: Occasional onsite sessions