Lead Quality Engineer

Summary

Join LATAM's most talented team as a QA Tech Lead, taking ownership of testing architecture and execution across web platforms and APIs. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, guide a QA engineering team, and perform hands-on testing. This role focuses on API-based testing and system-level debugging, emphasizing performance, reliability, and scalability. You will craft comprehensive test strategies, integrate modern test tools, and drive continuous quality improvement. Lead, mentor, and inspire your team, fostering a collaborative and growth-focused environment. The position requires proven QA experience with leadership responsibilities and expertise in performance testing, API testing, and automation frameworks.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a QA Engineer or SDET with leadership or team lead responsibilities
• Experience with performance testing tools like Locust or Azure Load Testing
• Ability to make command-line requests using curl or similar tools
• Ability to read (and ideally write) Java code, supporting alignment with development stacks
• Strong understanding of REST vs RPC, HTTP verbs, and content types
• Experience designing automated test frameworks and suites (UI and API-based)
• Comfort working with Agile methodologies and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across remote teams
• Passion for mentoring, team development, and quality engineering excellence

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of QA engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-focused culture
• Collaborate with product managers and developers to define test plans and deliverables
• Architect and implement scalable test automation frameworks and suites
• Write and review high-quality test code and ensure adherence to best practices and performance standards
• Independently debug complex web applications, including identifying network calls and analyzing payloads
• Support continuous improvement in QA workflows, automation, and performance testing strategies
• Support hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of new QA engineering talent
• Diagnose issues and create detailed, reproducible bug reports and technical documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris) solutions
• Familiarity with Katalon Studio or similar UI test automation tools
• Experience with GraphQL and lightweight REST APIs
• Experience working with NoSQL and relational databases
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Exposure to cross-functional discussions on automation philosophy and stack alignment

Benefits

• Competitive salaries across LATAM (paid in USD)
• 100% remote – work from anywhere in Latin America