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Are you passionate about driving excellence in software quality across teams and departments? Do you want to lead the change in building and maintain cutting-edge automated testing processes? We are looking for an experienced QA Lead who can be the cornerstone of our company’s quality assurance strategy.  

What will you do as QA Lead?  

As QA Lead, you are responsible for ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software development life cycle. You’ll collaborate with product owners, the development manager and other key stakeholders to align testing roadmaps, create efficient release processes, and foster a culture of quality and automation. You’ll have a hands-on role, using proof-of-concepts (POCs) to lead automation efforts and guide the QA team to delivering high-quality software.   

Your key activities and responsibilities: 

• Strategic leadership: Defining and implementing KPIs to track quality, creating a data-driven approach to continuous improvement. Developing and aligning QA roadmaps with business and development strategies. 

• Automation and process optimization: Leading the development of automated testing processes and tools, coordinating efforts during releases and sprints. Be hands-on, executing POCs and working closely with the development teams to streamline testing and release cycles. 

• Compliance and security: Working with the security and risk teams to establish and adjust controls that ensure our code and testing standards meet regulatory requirements. Participating in IT audits to ensure compliance.   

• Continuous improvement: Facilitating and attending company-wide meetings to identify areas for testing process improvements, advocating for a shift-left approach to integrate testing earlier in the development lifecycle.   

• Hands-on shift-left: Help boost the quality by early validation of problem and solution definitions and alignment between domains to ensure we are doing the right things the right way.  

Team leadership and development:   

• Mentorship: Guiding QA engineers (located in Amsterdam and Bangkok) on the importance of testing quality, with a particular focus on high-quality specifications and effective test automation, to reduce manual regression testing and prevent new issues. 

• Educational leadership: Helping the team stay current with testing strategies such as BDD, TDD and ATDD, and encourage exploration of new automation frameworks. 

• Problem-solving: Ensuring that any testing or automation challenges are quickly addressed, so the team can focus on delivering high-quality software and business functionality without blockers. 

Your team works collaboratively across product and development domains, ensuring that quality isn’t a checkpoint but a shared responsibility. You’ll collaborate closely with product owners, developers and architects to embed quality into everything we do. 

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What you’ll receive from us  

• A pleasant salary and pension accrual on top 

• 25 vacation days + 1 extra day off for any celebration 

• The option to work from home two days per week and one week per year remote (two weeks for expats) 

• A € 1,000 annual training budget to keep your skills sharp and relevant 

• € 25 per month benefit budget for 1,001 fun or useful things (via Alleo) 

• A fully catered team lunch every week at the company’s expense 

• An opportunity to meet the team in Thailand and collaborate across cultures 

Who are you?  

You are a hands-on QA leader with a strong sense of ownership and a love for building scalable, automated solutions. You enjoy guiding others, simplifying complex challenges, and helping your team and product evolve together. You thrive in dynamic environments and believe quality starts when defining the solution — not at the end of a sprint.

Furthermore, you have:  

• Proficiency in Azure /.NET automation and testing 

• Experience with contract testing, load testing, acceptance testing, snapshot testing (mobile) and performance testing 

• A strong background in BDD, TDD and ATDD methodologies 

• Experience in leading QA efforts in complex environments, with a focus on automation and process optimization 

One more thing: research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups often only apply if they meet 100% of the requirements. Does this sound familiar? If so, we encourage you to apply anyway. We look forward to meeting you! 

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