Lead QA Automation Engineer

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON

• Taking ownership of the entire QA process and ensuring its continuous improvement
• Designing and implementing effective testing strategies and plans
• Performing hands-on manual and automated testing (Python)
• Actively collaborating with developers, analysts, and other stakeholders throughout the development and release cycles
• Identifying bottlenecks and improving QA processes and workflows
• Proactively solving testing-related challenges and ensuring product quality
• Not only distributing tasks but also directly participating in day-to-day testing activities.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE

• At least 6+ years of experience in software testing, including at least 4 years of hands-on experience in test automation (Python)
• Leadership skills with a proven ability to guide, mentor, and motivate the QA Team to achieve high levels of performance and productivity
• Hands-on experience in payments/B2B testing
• Strong hands-on skills in manual testing and working with complex business logic
• Strong experience in performance and load testing 
• Solid knowledge of the Kibana system, Postman, and API testing
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Allure reporting)
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Good communication skills in English and russian. 

WHAT WE OFFER

• An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market!
• Career prospects - we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us 
• Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business
• Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews
• The opportunity to attend conferences, courses, and professional development at the company's expense - we favor the continuous development of our employees
• Remote type of work
• 20 days of vacation time; Latvian bank holidays; Sick leaves; Additional birthday day off
• Team building events and corporate parties.

You can find out more about our team, our values, and the unique ways we celebrate our successes here: https://fyst.com/culture