Senior QA Engineer II

Mekari is Indonesias no. 1 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. With our ecosystem of software solutionsincluding Mekari Jurnal Mekari Talenta Mekari Qontak and Mekari Flex we aim to facilitate entrepreneurs and leaders as they accelerate the digital transformation of their businesses.

In our 10 years of journey we have reached over 1 Million platform users and were not planning to stop any time soon. We need more people like you: builders and owners with calculated ambition who are eager to grow and create their #BiggestImpact.

The Mission :
As our Senior QA Engineer II you wont just be checking for bugsyou will be the architect of our quality culture. You will lead a team of SDETs (Software Development Engineers in Test) to build automated frameworks that move at the speed of SaaS ensuring our platform remains performant secure and reliable for thousands of concurrent users.

Key Responsibilities :

• Strategic Leadership: Define the long-term vision for Quality Engineering shifting from manual gatekeeping to automated continuous quality.
• Team Management: Hire mentor and lead a high-performing team of QA Engineers and SDETs. Conduct 1:1s performance reviews and career pathing.
• Framework Architecture: Oversee the design and implementation of scalable automation frameworks (Web Mobile and API) integrated into our CI/CD pipeline.
• Process Optimization: Implement Shift-Left testing strategies ensuring quality is considered during the design phase not just at the end of the sprint.
• Metrics & Reporting: Establish and track key quality metrics such as Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) Defect Escape Rate and Automated Test Coverage.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers and DevOps to align quality goals with fast-paced release cycles.

Technical Requirements :

• Experience: 7 years in Software Quality Engineering with at least 23 years in a formal leadership/management role within a SaaS environment.
• Automation Mastery: Deep expertise in modern automation tools (e.g. Selenium Playwright Cypress or Appium) and languages (Python Java or JavaScript).
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience testing microservices architectures hosted on AWS Azure or GCP. Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes is a major plus.
• CI/CD Integration: Proven track record of integrating automated suites into pipelines like GitHub Actions GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• API Testing: Strong command of RESTful API testing and performance/load testing tools (e.g. JMeter Locust or k6).

Soft Skills & SaaS Fit

• Agility: Comfort with rapid release cycles (daily or weekly deployments).
• The Product Mindset: Ability to understand the users journey and prioritize testing based on business impact.
• Communication: The ability to explain complex technical debt or quality risks to non-technical stakeholders.