Lead QA
Head of QA Engineering
The Role
A rapidly expanding Web3 scale-up is seeking a Head of QA Engineering to drive the security, performance, and quality assurance of its blockchain-based solutions.
As the Head of QA, you will define and implement a high-impact quality assurance strategy, ensuring enterprise blockchain solutions are robust, secure, and scalable. This position requires a seasoned leader with expertise in test automation, CI/CD integration, and multi-cloud quality assurance (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud). You will lead a globally distributed QA team, optimize test automation processes, and establish best practices for validating decentralized systems.
The role spans the entire software development lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on automated testing, security assessments, and performance validation. The ideal candidate will have experience working with high-performance blockchain applications and will play a key role in maintaining compliance and security standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a comprehensive QA strategy for blockchain-based enterprise applications.
- Design and deploy automated testing frameworks to improve software reliability and testing efficiency.
- Integrate testing processes within CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and seamless releases.
- Validate blockchain infrastructure, including consensus mechanisms, transaction integrity, and smart contracts.
- Ensure quality assurance across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud).
- Conduct scalability, performance, and security testing for high-throughput blockchain infrastructures.
- Lead and mentor a globally distributed QA team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
- Maintain compliance with security, regulatory, and industry best practices in blockchain and financial applications.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to embed QA best practices into the development cycle.
- Oversee bug tracking, triage, and reporting processes, driving efficiency and product quality improvements.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, including 5+ years in a leadership role.
- Strong expertise in test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD-driven QA using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, or Drone.
- Proven background in multi-cloud testing (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle Cloud).
- Experience in blockchain QA, including validating nodes, transaction processing, and consensus mechanisms.
- Deep knowledge of performance and load testing tools (JMeter, Locust, Gatling) for high-throughput systems.
About the Company
This Web3 scale-up is focused on helping enterprises and governments adopt blockchain solutions by providing high-volume transaction processing infrastructure. Clients, whether contracting with nodes or running their own, are at the heart of its mission to build secure, scalable, and high-performance decentralized systems. The company is dedicated to innovation and ensuring that Web3 technology meets enterprise-grade security and compliance standards.
Salary
£100k - £120K + Bonus + Benefits
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