TL;DR

Technical AQA Lead (AI): Leading and mentoring a QA team, defining test strategies, and owning automation frameworks across web, backend, and mobile layers with an accent on improving test coverage and stability. Focus on designing scalable automation solutions, integrating AI-assisted workflows, and ensuring quality for complex features and critical releases.

Location: Onsite in Kyiv

Company

%hirify_global% is a market-leading live-streaming platform with 450+ million registered users, powered by 500+ global employees focused on growth and success.

What you will do

Lead, manage, and mentor a team of QA professionals, providing guidance and support.
Define and evolve test strategies across component, integration, API, and UI layers.
Design, implement, and maintain scalable automation frameworks.
Drive test automation across Web, Backend, and Mobile layers.
Participate in complex feature testing, integrations, and critical releases.
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and DevOps on quality expectations and delivery.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience in QA Automation with an automation-first mindset.
Proven ability to act as a QA Tech Lead, owning automation quality, technical decisions, and mentoring.
Deep understanding of test strategy, risk-based testing, and quality trade-offs.
Practical experience using AI tools to speed up test case creation, automation development, and test data generation.
Ability to integrate AI-assisted workflows while maintaining high-quality standards.
Excellent communication skills and ability to influence engineering decisions.
English: At least Upper-Intermediate required.
Technical skills: Playwright, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, JUnit 5, Gradle, MySQL, BigQuery, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD.

Nice to have

Experience scaling automation in large or distributed systems.
ISTQB or similar certifications.
Experience working closely with DevOps and platform teams.

Culture & Benefits

Operate in a culture of growth, learning, and success.
Be part of a vigorous team pushing limits to achieve market leadership.
Experience the direct impact of your work on users worldwide in real-time.