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Senior Quality Engineer is a key role responsible for ensuring high quality of digital and software solutions across the full development lifecycle. In addition to hands-on testing and quality activities, this role leads and develops a team of QA engineers, drives quality standards, and actively contributes to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and delivery practices. 

The Senior Quality Engineer acts as a quality leader within the team, works closely with developers, product and project managers, and ensures that quality is built into products from early design to release. 

Quality Leadership & Test Strategy 

• Define, own, and continuously improve QA strategy and testing approach across projects. 

• Create and maintain test strategies, test plans, and test scenarios aligned with business and technical requirements. 

• Identify quality risks, gaps in test coverage, and propose mitigation actions. 

• Act as the main QA point of contact for projects and stakeholders. 

Team Leadership & Development 

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of QA engineers (manual & automation). 

• Support onboarding, skill development, and performance growth of QA team members. 

• Promote QA best practices, standards, and quality mindset across the team. 

• Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning within QA. 

Manual & Functional Testing 

• Oversee and actively participate in functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing. 

• Ensure defects are properly identified, documented, prioritised, and communicated. 

• Validate bug fixes and confirm release readiness. 

Test Automation 

• Drive and support test automation strategy and implementation. 

• Review, design, and maintain automated test coverage where appropriate. 

• Collaborate with developers on automation frameworks and CI/CD integration. 

Release Quality & Risk Management 

• Assess overall product quality and readiness for release. 

• Ensure regression coverage  

Collaboration & Communication 

• Work closely with all stakeholders. 

• Participate in refinement, planning, and retrospectives. 

Documentation & Continuous Improvement 

• Maintain clear and structured documentation of test cases, results, defects, and QA processes. 

Experience

• Proven experience in senior QA / quality engineering role.
• Demonstrated experience leading QA activities and mentoring or managing QA team members.
• Strong experience with web applications, software products, or digital platforms.

QA & Testing Knowledge 

• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, test design techniques, and defect management. 

• Hands-on experience with manual, regression, integration, and exploratory testing. 

Automation & Technical Skills 

• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Selenium). 

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and how automated testing fits into delivery processes. 

• Knowledge of web technologies, browsers, environments, and release workflows. 

Tools & Ways of Working 

• Jira, Git, Agile environments. 

Communication & Leadership Skills 

• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• ISTQB certification or equivalent QA training.  

• API testing, performance or load testing tools (e.g. JMeter).  

• Previous experience in leadership role. 

• Opportunity to develop in a stable company with an established position in the market.
• Extensive range of online training courses in cooperation with reputable market partners.
• Opportunity to participate in international and local development projects and programmes.
• International working environment.
• Attractive package of non-wage benefit.
• Friendly and casual working atmosphere in a close-knit team filled with positive energy.