Lead QA Automation

Luxoft is seeking a Lead QA Automation to modernize a legacy application by transitioning it to modern technologies and migrating it to the cloud. This high-impact role requires strong QA leadership to ensure a smooth and reliable transformation. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams and clients to define quality strategies, providing accurate estimations, leading and mentoring a distributed QA team, defining end-to-end testing strategies, evaluating tools, communicating results, and maintaining documentation. The role also involves designing and maintaining test cases and automated scripts, and managing the defect lifecycle.

Must Have

• Collaborate with teams and clients on quality strategies.
• Adapt to customer environments and delivery models.
• Articulate QA strategies and decisions to stakeholders.
• Promote QA tools and methodologies.
• Provide accurate estimations for testing tasks.
• Prioritize testing by business impact and technical risk.
• Lead and mentor distributed QA teams.
• Define and implement end-to-end testing strategies.
• Evaluate and recommend testing tools and frameworks.
• Communicate test results and improvement plans.
• Maintain comprehensive QA documentation.
• Design and maintain test cases and automated scripts.
• Manage defect lifecycle and reporting.
• Continuously improve QA processes and tools.
• Work until 8.00 pm CET.
• 5+ years in QA Automation, 2+ years in a Lead role.
• Build automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or Golang.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies and SDLC.
• Experience leading distributed teams.
• Expertise in manual and automated testing.
• Hands-on API testing (SOAP/REST).
• Familiarity with legacy systems and modernization.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Passion for continuous learning.

Good to Have

• Exposure to AI-powered testing and defect analytics tools.
• Define QA strategies for modernization projects.
• Understanding of predictive quality metrics and risk-based testing.

Project description

We are modernizing a legacy application by transitioning it to modern technologies and migrating it to the cloud. This is a high-impact initiative requiring strong QA leadership to ensure a smooth, reliable transformation.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration & Leadership
• Work closely with cross-functional teams and clients to define optimal quality strategies.
• Quickly adapt to customer environments and delivery models.
• Clearly articulate QA strategies, metrics, and decisions to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Actively promote and "sell" QA approaches, tools, and methodologies within the organization.
• QA Lead Activities
• Provide accurate estimations and effectively decompose testing tasks.
• Prioritize testing based on business impact and technical risk.
• Lead and mentor a distributed QA team across multiple time zones.
• Define and implement end-to-end testing strategies, including during pre-sales and solutioning phases.
• Evaluate and recommend testing tools and automation frameworks.
• Communicate test results, quality metrics, and improvement plans to management and clients.
• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date QA documentation.
• QA Execution
• Design and maintain test cases and automated test scripts.
• Manage defect lifecycle and reporting using standard tracking systems.
• Continuously improve QA processes, tools, and coverage.

Skills

Must have

• Readiness to work until 8.00 pm CET;
• 5+ years in QA Automation and 2+ years in a Lead role.
• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or Golang.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies and SDLC.
• Experience leading distributed teams.
• Expertise in both manual and automated testing.
• Hands-on with API testing (SOAP/REST).
• Familiarity with legacy systems and modernization challenges.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for continuous learning and improvement.

Nice to have

• Exposure to AI-powered testing and defect analytics tools.
• Experience defining QA strategies for modernization or transformation projects.
• Understanding of predictive quality metrics and risk-based testing.

Other

• Languages
• English: C1 Advanced
• Seniority
• Lead