Lead QA Engineer

IntellectEUis an international technology company focused on digital finance and emerging technologies. At IntellectEU we are on a mission to become the top-of-mind fintech company. We are committed to our people and believe in building a better future with the newest of the newest technologies. Giving young people and industry veterans a growing ground to play launch ideas & work very closely with our clients. With our hands-on experience in both technical & capital markets theres no challenge thats left untackled. Since 2006 we have been focused on financial messaging and integration being a SWIFT service partner.

We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented QA Lead Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of QA Engineers (3-4 people)
• Design review and support test documentation (including test plans/test specifications/test results) to align with project requirements and timelines.
• Design and maintain efficient and effective test cases/test scripts/test suites covering all critical functionalities.
• Define the overall test strategy for projects considering project needs and priorities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define quality criteria and acceptance standards.
• Automate repetitive manual tests using Python.
• Test execution on test cases and scenarios.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify the underlying cause of bugs.
• Conduct a performance analysis of the testing process and suggest improvements.
• Proactively identify and propose improvements to the testing process.

Technical skills

Must have:

• Upper-Intermediate English level.
• Masters/Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or relevant work experience.
• 6 years of related work experience.
• Experience in setting up testing processes from scratch.
• Solid test automation experience with Python.
• Solid manual test experience
• Good knowledge of QA theory.
• Good knowledge of computer science fundamentals: databases concurrency and distributed systems.
• Solid experience with creating Test documentation (test plans/test cases/bug reports/test result reports).
• Experience with different types of testing: performance security functional UI and penetration.

Nice to have:

• ISTQB Certification or equivalent professional QA certification.
• Experience designing and executing test plans for digital asset workflows.
• Familiarity with testing and deployment of smart contracts.
• Exposure to decentralized systems compliance frameworks or regulated asset issuance.
  
• Experience with Selenium/Playwright or a similar library for web testing and automation.
• Experience in integration with CI/CD.

Soft skills:

• Excellent verbal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and the ability to guide QA best practices in a distributed team.
• Proactive mindset and ability to anticipate quality issues before they arise.
• Business-oriented thinking with the ability to translate business requirements into test scenarios.
• High sense of ownership with a collaborative attitude and attention to detail.
  
  

We guarantee:

• Excellent compensation and benefits package including medical insurance and sports activities.
• International experience in a stable company: the company has offices in Antwerp Lisbon Krakow Kyiv New York and operates on the market for over 15 years.
• Passionate team in an innovative casual positive and open work environment ready to meet your new ideas.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development as well as the chance to change the way the business works in the financial world.
  
• Work where youre most productive remote in-office or hybrid options available.

Take a chance to contribute to the success of the financial world!

Required Experience:

Senior IC