TL;DR

QA Lead Engineer (AI): Define and drive QA strategy across platform and product teams with an accent on test design, automation, and quality gates. Focus on designing pragmatic test strategies, coordinating testing cycles, and ensuring data quality and system reliability.

Location: South Africa or Romania, remote work with international collaboration

Company

Fast-growing enterprise AI company solving real-world problems in telecommunications, water management, energy, healthcare, climate change, and smart cities.

What you will do

Own end-to-end QA strategy including shift-left testing and CI/CD quality gates across multiple squads.
Design test strategies balancing exploratory, manual, and automated testing.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to ensure testability and quality gates.
Coordinate regression, integration, and end-to-end testing cycles for releases.
Lead performance, load, and resilience testing initiatives.
Build and mentor QA team, define standards and review processes.

Requirements

Must be located in South Africa or Romania.
6+ years in QA with 3+ years in lead or coordination roles.
Strong understanding of test design, SDLC, and QA strategy for distributed systems.
Hands-on experience with functional, integration, and end-to-end testing including UI, API, and data flows.
Familiarity with automation tools and CI/CD integration.
Good understanding of cloud, containers, databases, and APIs.
English proficiency at least B2.

Nice to have

Experience with data pipeline validation and performance testing.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

Work in small physical teams with extensive virtual collaboration internationally.
Emphasis on courage, humility, initiative, resilience, and adaptability.
Dynamic and fast-changing environment.

Qa Lead Engineer (AI)