QA Automation Team Leader

We are looking for a passionate QA Automation Team Leader to elevate our quality assurance initiatives. If you're ready to make an impact in a high-stakes, high-reward domain and ensure the resilience of security-focused software, this is the perfect role for you.

**Location: Remote (Home Office) – Poland**

Responsibilities:

• Own the Quality Assurance Process: Take full ownership of quality assurance, ensuring all products adhere to the highest standards before release.
• Quality Gatekeeper: Oversee the quality of deliverables, acting as a final quality gate and driving adherence to standards throughout the development lifecycle.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Lead and mentor a team of talented QA engineers, providing guidance in automation testing and promoting industry best practices.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with R&D and product management teams to ensure comprehensive testing of new features, system integrations, and performance requirements.
• Comprehensive Test Planning: Develop and implement detailed test plans covering functional, end-user, stress, performance, and regression testing.
• Hands-on Testing Oversight: Oversee and execute tests throughout the development lifecycle, from development to pre-release and release.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in automation development with Python.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in QA automation, managing teams and owning projects.
• Expertise in both API and UI automation testing.
• Experience with the Pytest framework.
• Proficiency with Selenium / Cypress / Playwright.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Strong analytical abilities, creativity, and attention to detail.
• A collaborative team player with a proactive, results-driven approach and the ability to quickly adapt and learn.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement in testing processes and methodologies.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

The Hiring process:

• Zoom Initial call - HR (30 minutes)
• Technical interview with development director - (1 hour)
• Home Task
• Technical interview 2 with with EVP R&D (1 hour)
• HR Interview (1 hour)

Benefits:

• Fully Remote Work: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home.
• Training Budget: We invest in your growth with a dedicated budget for professional development and training.
• Attractive Paid Absence Days: Receive a generous number of paid vacation days tailored for employment agreement and B2B and contracts, including holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
• Stock Options: Be a part of our success with stock options that let you share in our growth.
• Recharge Days: The first Friday of each quarter is a day off for the entire company, enjoy these 4 recharge days throughout the year to rest and rejuvenate.
• Flexible Agreement Options: Choose between a B2B contract or an employment agreement

The Company: Mend.io offers an enterprise suite of application security tools designed to help organizations build and manage a mature, proactive AppSec program. Mend.io supports both developers and security teams by giving each team different, but complementary, tools to work with—enabling them to stop chasing vulnerabilities and start proactively managing application risk.

Our culture is open, inclusive, and engaging, and we work hard to foster a company where everyone feels valued. Mend is a company that lives by its values:

• We are passionate about excellence
• We see the world from the customer's perspective
• We are better together

Mend.io's EEO Statement

Mend.io is an equal opportunity employer committed to encouraging and celebrating its diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome all without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender identity and expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, citizenship, national origin, disability, military status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics. All aspects of employment including hiring, training, advancement, and discipline will be solely based on merit and qualifications related to professional competence. Mend.io operates on a principle of mutual respect and acceptance, and every employee must follow Mend.io’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination company policies.

Mend.io’s Diversity Commitment

At Mend.io, we believe bringing together diversity of experience and background creates a better place to work, a better product, and more opportunities to innovate. Mend.io is committed to doing its part to mend the equity gap, fostering a safe, inclusive environment to inspire and support employees to be their authentic selves and provide development opportunities for all.