QA Team Lead

TL;DR

QA Team Lead (Fintech): Lead the QA team in embedding quality engineering across mission teams, coaching engineers, and driving AI tool adoption with an accent on test automation, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement. Focus on championing AI for test generation and root-cause analysis, integrating intelligent tooling into CI/CD pipelines, and establishing responsible AI guidelines.

Porto Matosinhos, 2 days in the office

Company

Financial platform offering business credit cards, SME spend management, savings products, and tools for small businesses. 1,000+ employees, profitable with £20bn annual card spend.

What you will do

• Coach team on best practices, transform juniors into independent experts, and foster self-serve culture with documentation.
• Partner with Dev and UX to govern feature lifecycle, represent QA in working groups, and align quality with business priorities.
• Ensure sprint goals delivery, author Quality OKRs, maintain urgency to ship frequently, and manage underperformance.
• Champion Claude and GitHub Copilot for test generation and analysis, evaluate AI tools, set guidelines, and integrate into CI/CD.

Requirements

• Proven QA leadership experience in fast-paced tech or fintech.
• Strong test automation knowledge (xUnit, RestSharp, Cypress), RESTful APIs, microservices, agile methodologies.
• Hands-on with AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot) and driving AI adoption.
• Experience designing responsible AI guidelines and integrating testing into CI/CD.
• Data-driven decisions with agile metrics and Quality OKRs.

Culture & Benefits

• Values: Just Pilot (pilot ideas fast), Why Not Today? (speed and simplicity), Be a Buddy (help team), Owners and Dates (own tasks), Feedback (direct and constructive).
• Private healthcare via AdvanceCare, anniversary rewards with sabbatical, paid car parking, 36 days holiday.
• Annual learning and wellbeing budget, 6 free therapy sessions, free drinks and snacks in office.

Hiring process

• 30-min intro, CV review, values with Talent Partner.
• 45-min Tech Chat with Team Manager.
• 60-min Code Pairing + 30-min Stakeholder Interview with Engineering & Product.