AQA Tech Lead

• Design and build a scalable AQA framework from scratch (architecture, best practices, tooling)
• Define and implement test strategy across API, UI, integration, and E2E levels
• Lead and mentor a team of AQA engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical excellence
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure stable, fast execution
• Collaborate closely with development, product, and DevOps teams
• Analyze, identify, and eliminate flaky tests
• Optimize test performance and execution time
• Establish and maintain QA standards, guidelines, and processes
• Work with asynchronous systems and event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka)

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in automated testing
• 3–5 years of experience in a Lead / Tech Lead role
• Proven experience building AQA frameworks from scratch
• Strong knowledge of C# and .NET (6/7/8)
• Solid understanding of OOP, SOLID, Clean Architecture
• Experience designing test architecture (API, UI, integration, E2E)
• Hands-on experience with Docker / Kubernetes
• API:
• Experience with API testing using HttpClient, RestSharp, or similar tools
• Strong understanding of REST, HTTP, contracts, and response validation
• UI:
• Experience with UI automation using Playwright (.NET)
• Understanding of browser behavior, waits, and anti-flaky approaches
• Test Frameworks:
• Experience with NUnit or xUnit
• Experience with FluentAssertions or similar libraries
• Ability to build reusable components (clients, builders, fixtures)
• CI/CD:
• Experience integrating tests into GitLab CI
• Understanding of parallel test execution
• Experience organizing test suites and tags (smoke, regression, integration)
• Data:
• Experience with databases (SQL, PostgreSQL or similar)
• Ability to write queries for data validation
• Quality & Processes:
• Experience conducting code reviews
• Ability to define and enforce automation standards
• Experience analyzing and fixing flaky tests
• Experience optimizing test execution speed
• Experience working with asynchronous requests
• Experience with Kafka
• Soft / Leadership:
• Experience leading AQA teams
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills
• Nice to Have
• Experience building QA metrics (coverage, stability, efficiency)
• Experience with performance or contract testing

Benefits

• 25 vacation days and 5 family days yearly
• Flexible start to the workday
• Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist
• Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events
• Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities
• Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support