[Hiring] QA Engineer Lead @Sertis

Role Description

We are looking for a QA Engineer Lead to define and drive quality engineering practices across our payments platform. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who can design test architecture while actively contributing to automation and delivery.

You will play a key role in improving system reliability, scaling automation coverage, and embedding quality into the development lifecycle. You will work closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps teams to ensure that systems are delivered with strong test coverage, stability, and performance in a high-transaction environment.

This is a fully remote role, working under US Time zone.

In this role, you will get to:

• Define and lead test strategy and automation approach
• Build and scale test automation frameworks
• Ensure strong test coverage (functional, integration, regression)
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines and quality gates
• Partner with engineers to embed quality early in development
• Lead API and backend testing across services
• Track quality metrics (coverage, defects, release readiness)
• Support debugging and root cause analysis in production issues
• Mentor QA / engineers and drive best practices

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in QA, test automation, or backend testing with a Java-based testing environment.
• Strong hands-on experience building and scaling automation frameworks
• Expertise in automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar and strong coding skills in at least one language (Java, JavaScript, or Python)
• Strong experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of software testing principles, including test design and risk-based testing
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated testing
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Experience working in high-availability, production-critical environments
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex system issues
• Ability to operate independently with high ownership and accountability
• Clear communication skills, able to influence engineering and product stakeholders
• Strong English communication skills both in written and spoken to communicate with the US team smoothly.
• Willing to work remotely in the US time zones.

Requirements

• Experience in fintech, payments, or high-transaction systems
• Experience with performance and load testing (JMeter, k6, or similar)
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with observability tools and test reporting dashboards
• Exposure to security testing practices

Benefits

• Fully remote position (work from anywhere under the US time zones).
• Opportunity to learn modern Java practices on a real migration project with senior mentorship.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.