Smartcat

AI, Language AI, SaaS, Enterprise Software

HeadofQA

Europe Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Head of QA at Smartcat. Skills: QA excellence, Innovative testing strategies, Automated testing process, AI-based QA approach, Team leadership. Be a company-wide centre of QA excellence. Elevate product quality”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce the number of production bugs by 50%; Ensure Smartcat exceeds customer expectations in reliability and user experience; Achieve 10x to 1000x productivity gains for enterprises; Build high-performing hybrid workforces; Enable enterprises to build high-performing hybrid workforces; Turn knowledge into action and action into scale; Make global operations simple; Create new content by tapping into a multilingual enterprise library; Transition from a post-Series C startup to a company exceeding $100M in ARR and $1B in valuation; Accelerate growth from 130% YoY

Industry & Context.

AI, Language AI, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Problems you'll solve

Resolve defects before deployment; Problem-solving in a dynamic atmosphere

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years as QA engineer, 5+ years as QA lead of 5+ people, Established testing processes, Knowledge of quality standards, software testing methodologies, and test design techniques, 5+ years of practical experience in test process automation with REST API and UI on any high-level programming language, Know why and how to bring testing outside the boundaries of the QA team, Experience with Selenium Webdriver, Git, and Allure, Ready to work in a dynamic atmosphere of a startup and not limit yourself to a simple following of instructions, but rather desire to bring something new to the table, No fear in making decisions and can provide results in set time frames

Nice to Have

C# is preferable, Knowledge of Docker and DevOps practices, Experience in hiring team capability to motivate, teach and help team members reach personal, Practical experience in integrating automating testing processes

What You'll Do.

Be a company-wide centre of QA excellence

Elevate product quality

Innovate testing strategies

Enhance cross-department collaboration

Lead the QA team towards excellence

Ensure Smartcat exceeds customer expectations in reliability and user experience

Build a quality management system to reduce production bugs

Set up a framework for consistent quality throughout the development lifecycle

Resolve defects before deployment

Create an effective automated testing process

Facilitate interaction with product teams

Develop a testing process with developers’ involvement

Integrate testing into the development process

Engage developers in quality maintenance

Define quality metrics and test strategies

Develop testing procedures

Select metrics that guide test planning and strategy

Assess testing process efficiency

Assess test case effectiveness

Continuously implement AI-based QA approach

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Enhance cross-department collaboration; Collaborate with Engineering Directors; Facilitate interaction with product teams; Develop a testing process with developers’ involvement; Engage developers in quality maintenance; Work in a highly collaborative, globally-distributed team

Communication Scope

Clear, honest and direct communication

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