Lead QA Engineer

The company and our mission:

Zartis is a digital solutions provider working across technology strategy, software engineering and product development.

We partner with firms across financial services, MedTech, media, logistics technology, renewable energy, EdTech, e-commerce, and more. Our engineering hubs in EMEA and LATAM are full of talented professionals delivering business success and digital improvement across application development, software architecture, CI/CD, business intelligence, QA automation, and new technology integrations.

We are looking for a Lead QA Engineer to work on a project within the banking and financial services sector.

The project:

Our teammates are talented people that come from a variety of backgrounds. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture based on trust and innovation. You will work with a market-leading financial services client that is modernising and scaling its digital platforms. Technology plays a central role in delivering secure, reliable, and compliant customer experiences.

You will lead quality strategy within a distributed, cross-functional team responsible for the delivery of high-stakes financial and investment platforms. As the primary quality reference for a strategic client, you will bridge the gap between technical excellence and business value, ensuring that every release meets rigorous regulatory standards and performance expectations.

What you will do:

- Own the overall testing and automation strategy, aligning it with business value and regulatory requirements.
- Act as the lead quality reference for stakeholders, engineering teams, and client leadership.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks using industry best practices.
- Define and execute a robust compatibility testing strategy.
- Drive "Shift-Left" practices to ensure quality is integrated early in the delivery lifecycle.
- Lead and mentor QA engineers while balancing strategic oversight with hands-on execution.
- Analyze complex technical risks and proactively communicate issues to ensure resilient financial services.
- Refine QA processes and monitor quality metrics to drive continuous improvement across teams.
- Ensure all testing activities meet the rigorous standards of a regulated financial environment.

What you will bring:

- 10+ years of software testing experience, with at least 5 years focused on front-end and back-end automation.
- Proven ability to build automation frameworks from scratch (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, RestAssured).
- Proven experience defining strategies for compatibility testing and complex third-party integrations (e.g., Salesforce).
- Strong proficiency in OOP programming language (ideally Java) and clean code principles.
- Deep experience in Agile environments, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
- Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to influence quality at all organizational levels.
- Strong leadership skills with a track record of mentoring and supporting engineering teams.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and a strategic mindset for analyzing complex business domains.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a technical field.

Nice to have:

- Experience in financial services or highly regulated sectors.
- ISTQB or equivalent quality certifications.

What we offer:

- 100% Remote Work
- WFH allowance: Monthly payment as financial support for remote working.
- Career Growth: We have established a career development program accessible for all employees with a 360º feedback that will help us to guide you in your career progression.
- Training: For Tech training at Zartis, you have time allocated during the week at your disposal. You can request from a variety of options, such as online courses (from Pluralsight and Educative.io, for example), English classes, books, conferences, and events.
- Mentoring Program: You can become a mentor in Zartis or you can receive mentorship, or both.
- Zartis Wellbeing Hub (Kara Connect): A platform that provides sessions with a range of specialists, including mental health professionals, nutritionists, physiotherapists, fitness coaches, and webinars with such professionals as well.
- Multicultural working environment: We organize tech events, webinars, parties, and activities to do online team-building games and contests.