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Posted 6mo ago•Czechia | Remote
AQA Tech Lead
LeadHybrid (Czechia)~€7,400 – €10,200 / mo
Required Skills
c#.netkubernetesdockerkafkadevops
Job Description
- Design and build a scalable AQA framework from scratch (architecture, best practices, tooling)
- Define and implement test strategy across API, UI, integration, and E2E levels
- Lead and mentor a team of AQA engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive technical excellence
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and ensure stable, fast execution
- Collaborate closely with development, product, and DevOps teams
- Analyze, identify, and eliminate flaky tests
- Optimize test performance and execution time
- Establish and maintain QA standards, guidelines, and processes
- Work with asynchronous systems and event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka)
- 7+ years of experience in automated testing
- 3–5 years of experience in a Lead / Tech Lead role
- Proven experience building AQA frameworks from scratch
- Strong knowledge of C# and .NET (6/7/8)
- Solid understanding of OOP, SOLID, Clean Architecture
- Experience designing test architecture (API, UI, integration, E2E)
- Hands-on experience with Docker / Kubernetes
- API:
- Experience with API testing using HttpClient, RestSharp, or similar tools
- Strong understanding of REST, HTTP, contracts, and response validation
- UI:
- Experience with UI automation using Playwright (.NET)
- Understanding of browser behavior, waits, and anti-flaky approaches
- Test Frameworks:
- Experience with NUnit or xUnit
- Experience with FluentAssertions or similar libraries
- Ability to build reusable components (clients, builders, fixtures)
- CI/CD:
- Experience integrating tests into GitLab CI
- Understanding of parallel test execution
- Experience organizing test suites and tags (smoke, regression, integration)
- Data:
- Experience with databases (SQL, PostgreSQL or similar)
- Ability to write queries for data validation
- Quality & Processes:
- Experience conducting code reviews
- Ability to define and enforce automation standards
- Experience analyzing and fixing flaky tests
- Experience optimizing test execution speed
- Experience working with asynchronous requests
- Experience with Kafka
- Soft / Leadership:
- Experience leading AQA teams
- Strong mentoring and coaching skills
- Nice to Have
- Experience building QA metrics (coverage, stability, efficiency)
- Experience with performance or contract testing
- 25 vacation days and 5 family days yearly
- Flexible start to the workday
- Support from a professional corporate coach and psychologist
- Regular internal and external activities, workshops, trips, and corporate events
- Access to our internal knowledge base, meetups, and team-building activities
- Ongoing training in new technologies and continuous professional development support
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