Lead QA Automation

This role involves leading QA efforts for a high-impact initiative to modernize a legacy application and migrate it to the cloud. The Lead QA Automation will define and implement quality strategies, provide estimations, prioritize testing, and mentor a distributed QA team. Key responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, evaluating tools, communicating results, and continuously improving QA processes. The role requires expertise in both manual and automated testing, with a focus on building automation frameworks.

Must Have

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients on quality strategies.
• Adapt quickly to customer environments and delivery models.
• Clearly articulate QA strategies, metrics, and decisions.
• Actively promote QA approaches, tools, and methodologies.
• Provide accurate estimations and 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.
• Evaluate and recommend testing tools and automation frameworks.
• Communicate test results, quality metrics, and improvement plans.
• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date QA documentation.
• Design and maintain test cases and automated test scripts.
• Manage defect lifecycle and reporting.
• Continuously improve QA processes, tools, and coverage.
• 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.

Good 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.

Perks & Benefits

• Relocation options
• Experience in an international environment
• Cross-cultural experience
• Feedback culture
• Regular appraisals
• Annual holiday - 20 or 26 days
• Occasional leave - 1 or 2 days
• Child care leave - 2 days or 16 hours per year
• Absence due to force majeure - 2 days or 16 hours per year
• Maternity Leave - 20 weeks
• Parental Leave - 41 weeks
• Paternity Leave - 14 days
• Expert-led tech courses covering basic to advanced topics
• Internal instructor-led soft skills courses
• Comprehensive in-house self-learning resources for both soft and hard skills
• Access to external self-learning libraries like ProQuest eBook and Udemy for Business
• Cloud Programs: MS Cloud Academy, AWS Partner Academy, Google Cloud Academy
• Custom Learning Programs: upskilling, reskilling, technical mentorship
• Leadership Programs for Managers
• Multisport card
• Possibility to order Multisport card at the corporate rate for family members
• LuxGood Program: wellbeing seminars, contests, relaxation sessions, yoga sessions, etc.
• One Team Program: Buddy for each New Joiner; seminars, meeting and workplace space to support integration with local community and culture; “Hire me” workshops for partners
• Preferential banking offer
• Preferential car leasing offer
• Cafeteria program discounts for shops, cinema tickets, holiday offers
• Luxoft Social Benefit Fund: sport and recreation benefits, the possibility to receive financial support
• Private Healthcare Insurance with unlimited access to specialists
• Full dental support
• Travel Insurance
• Possibility to add private healthcare coverage for family members at the corporate rate
• Life insurance at the corporate rate for employees and family members, including payment of the basic package for the employee by the employer
• Reimbursement for corrective glasses
• Many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team offline in your city
• Online entertainment events for whole company and local team events
• A workplace where you’re treated with respect within a multicultural team
• Rotation between projects and accounts
• New career opportunities
• Self-Learning Library
• CSR Projects

##### 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

##### Luxoft Benefits*

Global Relocation

• ●Relocation options **
• ●Experience in an international environment
• ●Cross-cultural experience

Recognition and Evaluation

• ●Feedback culture
• ●Regular appraisals

Time Off***

• ●Annual holiday - 20 or 26 days. The duration of the leave depends on the overall seniority
• ●Occasional leave - 1 or 2 days/ depending on the circumstances
• ●Child care leave - 2 days or 16 hours per year
• ●Absence due to force majeure - 2 days or 16 hours per year
• ●Maternity Leave - 20 weeks
• ●Parental Leave - 41 weeks
• ●Paternity Leave - 14 days

Luxoft Training Center

• ●Expert-led tech courses covering basic to advanced topics
• ●Internal instructor-led soft skills courses
• ●Comprehensive in-house self-learning resources for both soft and hard skills
• ●Access to external self-learning libraries like ProQuest eBook and Udemy for Business
• ●Cloud Programs: MS Cloud Academy, AWS Partner Academy, Google Cloud Academy
• ●Custom Learning Programs: upskilling, reskilling, technical mentorship
• ●Leadership Programs for Managers

Well-being and Work-life Balance

• ●Multisport card
• ●Possibility to order Multisport card at the corporate rate for family members
• ●LuxGood Program: wellbeing seminars, contests, relaxation sessions, yoga sessions, etc.
• ●One Team Program: Buddy for each New Joiner; seminars, meeting and workplace space to support integration with local community and culture; “Hire me” workshops for partners
• ●Preferential banking offer
• ●Preferential car leasing offer
• ●Cafeteria program discounts for shops, cinema tickets, holiday offers
• ●Luxoft Social Benefit Fund: sport and recreation benefits, the possibility to receive financial support

Health Care

• ●Private Healthcare Insurance with unlimited access to specialists
• ●Full dental support
• ●Travel Insurance
• ●Possibility to add private healthcare coverage for family members at the corporate rate
• ●Life insurance at the corporate rate for employees and family members, including payment of the basic package for the employee by the employer
• ●Reimbursement for corrective glasses

Company Events and Friendly Environment

• ●Many fun social activities organized by the Luxoft team offline in your city
• ●Online entertainment events for whole company and local team events
• ●A workplace where you’re treated with respect within a multicultural team

Internal Mobility

• ●Rotation between projects and accounts
• ●New career opportunities

Self-Learning Library

CSR Projects

*The acquisition of rights to the above benefits depends on the form of cooperation. Benefits apply to those employed under a contract of employment.

**Please note that relocation is not available for all open positions. At Luxoft Poland it is possible to work remotely only from the territory of Poland.

***Options offered by the Polish government.