QA Engineer Lead (fixed-term contract)

We are looking for a QA Engineer Lead to define and drive quality engineering practices across our payments platform. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who can design test architecture while actively contributing to automation and delivery.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in QA, test automation, or backend testing with a Java-based testing environment.
• Strong hands-on experience building and scaling automation frameworks
• Expertise in automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar and strong coding skills at least one languages (Java, JavaScript or Python)
• Strong experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of software testing principles, including test design and risk-based testing
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Experience working in high-availability, production-critical environments
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex system issues
• Ability to operate independently with high ownership and accountability with clear communication skills, able to influence engineering and product stakeholders

Benefits

• Fully remote position (work from anywhere under the US time zones)
• Opportunity to learn modern Java practices on a real migration project with senior mentorship
• Collaborative and supportive team environment