Head Of Qa

Summary

Join Capital.com, a leading global trading platform, as our Head of QA! Lead and coordinate our Quality Assurance function, driving quality standards across engineering teams and ensuring platform integrity. This crucial role involves setting testing objectives, implementing quality metrics, and championing test automation. You will manage a distributed team, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate possesses extensive FinTech experience, proven distributed team management skills, and strong test automation expertise.

Requirements

• Prior experience in the FinTech domain is essential, with a strong understanding of the unique quality and compliance needs within this sector
• Proven ability to manage and motivate distributed teams, balancing remote coordination with effective leadership
• Strong expertise in test automation, including hands-on experience with automation tools (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman, Pact) and a history of building or enhancing automation frameworks
• Proficiency in API testing (REST, WS) and experience with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration of automated testing into our development lifecycle
• Skilled in code analysis, debugging, and quality metrics development, with a focus on identifying improvement areas and driving data-informed decisions
• Comfortable working in Agile environments, with experience adapting QA strategies to iterative release cycles
• Able to clearly convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making
• A proactive approach to identifying challenges and implementing solutions, with a commitment to continuous improvement
• A strong sense of accountability and ownership over QA outcomes, coupled with a data-driven approach to assessing quality metrics and performance

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point for QA, aligning testing approaches across domain teams and setting clear goals for quality improvements within the organisation
• Take accountability for the overall quality of our platform, establishing and monitoring key metrics to maintain and enhance product integrity
• Lead the development of a company-wide test automation strategy, focusing on increasing automation levels, improving efficiency, and delivering high-quality outputs. Define and implement a roadmap for automation growth across teams
• Work closely with domain teams to standardise QA processes, ensuring best practices are applied consistently and adapted to the specific needs of each domain
• Serve as a point of coordination between QA resources, engineering managers, and team leads, fostering a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and continuous quality improvements
• Oversee a distributed team of QA professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and career development opportunities. Facilitate alignment and cohesion across geographically dispersed teams

Benefits

• You will join the company, that cares about work and life balance
• Annual Bonus based on the performance review cycle
• Generous Annual Leave Policy
• Medical Insurance and Pension fund, with additional benefit packages based on the location
• Flexible work options: choose between a hybrid model or fully remote work across your country of employment
• Workation Policy with 30 additional days working remotely from anywhere in the world
• Possibility of taking two additional days of paid leave per year to dedicate to volunteering efforts