QA Lead Engineer (Europe only)
About the role
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of every release that goes out. Sporty isn’t like other organisations that just see QA as a blocker - we give our QA team members the power you need to do your job, including deciding what is ready for launch and what needs more work. As a HQA Lead, you will combine hands-on expertise in both manual testing and test automation with leadership responsibilities across quality strategy, processes, and team development. You will help define testing approaches, improve automation coverage, establish quality standards, and drive continuous improvements throughout the software development lifecycle
Our Stack
Programming language: Python
DB: MySQL / Mongo DB
DevOps: AWS / Jenkins / K8S
Web: Selenium / Playwright/ Postman
Mobile: Appium / Android Studio / XCode
Management: Jira / TestRail
What you'll be doing
Provide technical leadership and mentorship, helping teams deliver high-quality software through collaboration and best practices
Drive the Testing lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions
Simulate user needs and actual usage scenarios from a user perspective
Review designs and code done by others and provide constructive feedback
Manage team members' performance and career development
Track and record product issues and analyse the problems through various tools, giving feedback to relevant personnel to make corrections
Drive the creation and maintenance of QA documentation, standards, and best practices
Design, develop and maintain automated Web, Mobile, and API tests
Improve our Continuous Integration pipeline
Maintain and improve the automation framework. Help automate engineering workflows, including custom tooling beyond the framework.
Align QA processes between different departments and stakeholders
What you'll bring
Minimum 8 years of experience in software testing
2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation
Solid understanding of testing types (integration, end-to-end, regression, performance, and API testing), test design techniques and quality processes
Experience with Web / Android / iOS and API manual testing
Experience with web debugging and API testing tools (Chrome DevTools, Postman)
Working knowledge of relational databases preferably MySQL
Strong experience with Python
Experience with Automation testing knowledge with REST APIs
Experience in test automation for mobile apps (Android and iOS)
Experience in Automation testing for web apps (Selenium/ Playwright)
Experience with Docker
Experience with CI/CD
Experience with Agile Methodology
Even better if you have
Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB
Experience with performance testing
Experience with stress testing
BS / MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering
Experience with Kubernetes
What’s in it for you
Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
28 days paid annual leave
Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
Top of the line equipment
Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Interview process
Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
Offline Take home assignment
Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)
Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)
If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.