QA Automation Python Team Lead

About the role

A growing company is hiring an AQA Python Team Lead for its QA department. The role acts as a technical and operational bridge between the QA Team Lead and the QA engineers, providing technical direction, support and suggestions on automation initiatives and tools. It focuses on shift-left automation within an MQA and AQA team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the AQA Python team and collaborate with development to deliver high-quality software
• Design and develop the test automation framework, implement libraries and run auto-tests
• Drive the design of scalable, maintainable frameworks and review test plans, strategies and automated scripts
• Ensure code quality, test coverage and CI/CD integration follow best practices
• Take part in architecture discussions to improve testability and product quality
• Work with development, DevOps and product teams across the SDLC, identify training needs and promote knowledge sharing

Required profile

• BSc/MSc in Computer Science or a related discipline
• 5+ years of hands-on QA experience
• Minimum 2 years in a QA leadership role with at least 5 direct reports
• Excellent communication, mentoring and organisational skills, and very good written and verbal English

Required skills

• Test automation with Python, test frameworks, API testing, Kafka, Docker and AWS
• Building robust test automation frameworks
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins; basic Docker and exposure to Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS)
• WireMock or MockServer, K6 performance testing, Git
• Advantage: Finance/Forex background, Grafana, WebSocket testing, Spring Boot testing

The application process includes an online technical challenge, an intro chat with talent acquisition, a first interview with the future team and a final interview. The position is full-time, based in Cyprus, Greece or fully remote in other eligible locations.