Lead Hybrid QA Engineer

About the role

In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of every release that goes out. Sporty isn’t like other organisations that just see QA as a blocker - we give our QA team members the power you need to do your job, including deciding what is ready for launch and what needs more work. You will be acting as a Hybrid QA Lead with the skills you bring in on both Manual testing and automation processes.

Our Stack

Programming language: Python

DB: MySQL / Mongo DB

DevOps: AWS / Jenkins / K8S

Web: Selenium / Playwright/ Postman

Mobile: Appium / Android Studio / XCode

What you'll be doing

Lead and mentor a talented development team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture

Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development

Drive the Testing lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions

Conduct regular code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve the team’s skills and output

Manage team members' performance and career development

Track and record product issues and analyse the problems through various tools, giving feedback to relevant personnel to make corrections

Write test plans / test cases and output test reports according to feature requirements Share test-related information with other team members

Create automated Web / Mobile / API test cases

Track and analyse automated tests to improve test efficiency

Develop automated tests and test frameworks

Improve our Continuous Integration pipeline

Help automate all aspects of the software engineering process

What you'll bring

Minimum of 4+ Years within a relevant role

Minimum 8 years of experience in software testing

2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation

Solid understanding of testing types: unit, integration, end-to-end, regression, stress/performance, and API testing

Experience with Web / Android / iOS and API manual testing

Experience with web debugging and API testing tools (Chrome DevTools, Postman)

Working knowledge of relational databases preferably MySQL

Strong experience with Python

Experience with Automation testing knowledge with REST APIs

Experience in test automation for mobile apps (Android and iOS)

Experience in Automation testing for web apps (Selenium/ Playwright)

Docker and Kubernetes experience would be advantageous

Experience in developing and running a Continuous Integration system

Familiarity with Jira / Jenkins would be advantageous

Even better if you have

Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB

BS / MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering

What’s in it for you

Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability

A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter

28 days paid annual leave

Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this

Referral bonuses & flash bonuses

Top of the line equipment

Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities

Interview process

Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team

Offline Take home assignment

Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)

Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)

If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours. We are committed to maintaining a fair, secure and authentic recruitment process. Applications submitted using false, misleading or fraudulent information, including impersonated or fake profiles, will not be considered. Where reasonably necessary to protect the integrity and security of our recruitment process, we may verify a candidate’s identity and/or the accuracy of information provided during the recruitment process. Any such checks will be carried out in a proportionate and appropriate manner and in accordance with applicable data protection and employment laws.