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QA Lead

  • Amsterdam, Nederland
IT Development

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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 maintaining cutting-edge automated testing processes? We are looking for an experienced and motivated QA lead who can be the cornerstone of our company’s quality assurance strategy.



What will you be doing?

As QA lead, you’ll be responsible for ensuring top-tier code quality and testing processes across our organization. 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 in delivering high-quality software.



Your role

Key responsibilities:

  • Strategic leadership: Defining and implementing KPIs to track code 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. You’ll 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.

Team leadership and development: 

  • Mentorship: Guiding QA engineers (located in Amsterdam and Bangkok) on the importance of testing, with a particular focus on 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, enabling the team to focus on delivering high-quality software and business functionality without blockers.

Vereisten

Your experience and skills

  • Proficiency in C# /.NET for 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



We offer 

  • Money
  • To help you keep your money, we also chip in on your pension and pay for your travel expenses
  • Permission to do things your way
  • 25 days of paid leave per year, as long as you promise to come back
  • Opportunity to join meet-ups
  • A vibrant company and 200 great colleagues with an average age of 32
  • Training budget



What are you waiting for? 

Step 1: Upload your resume and motivational letter.
Step 2: Interview with the Head of Engineering and one of our test automation engineers (online).
Step 3: Participate in a coding challenge (optional) and interview with the Head of IT and the Developer Team Lead.
Step 4: Be hired, be awesome.




This is what we stand for

Our motto is: extra retirement savings for everyone. And by everyone, we really mean everyone. Regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, age etc.


This also applies to the people who work at Brand New Day. We believe that healthy diversity and inclusion lead to better collaboration, better service to our customers, and consequently better results. But it also leads to more personal growth and more fun at work. It doesn’t matter who you are, we care about what you contribute. It's not the number of stripes on your sleeve that determines whether you’re right, but who has the best idea.


Studies show that woman and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? Please reconsider and apply even if you don’t. We look forward to hearing from you!


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