Lead Automation QA Engineer
CoinsPaid offers ready-to-use crypto payment solutions tailored to business’ every need. Standing at the forefront of mass adoption, our products help businesses gear up for the new era of digital assets. We showed a tremendous growth in terms of transactions and volumes since 2019 and in 2023 were marked by Forbes as the "Best Crypto Payment Gateway for High-Volume Transactions".We are looking for a FullStack QA Tech Lead to join either the Compliance or Finance team and help us scale quality engineering across the Back Office Domain.This is a hands-on technical leadership role. The QA Tech Lead is attached to a product team and keeps half time hands-on contribution, while also owning domain-level QA consistency, quality standards adoption, technical risk visibility, and testing strategy.This role will work within Back Office DomainThe Back Office domain includes several teams which are working on the internal platforms that support compliance, financial operations, risk control, and product administration. The domain focuses on automation, operational efficiency, regulatory readiness, auditability, and safe execution of critical business processes across products and regions.Responsibilities:Be an active part of a Scrum product team and keep around 50% hands-on contributionDo requirements analysis, test design, manual and automated testing for backend/API, UI, integrations, message queues, and complex business flowsDevelop and maintain test documentationAutomate test cases and improve regression coverage using the existing Python-based frameworkMaintain and expand the test automation framework, including mocks, test data, CI/CD integration, and reportingAnalyze failed test runs, perform RCA, report defects, and help the team improve product qualityParticipate in release activities, smoke testing, production validation, and post-release monitoringOwn QA technical direction for the team and help scale consistent QA practices across the Back Office DomainImprove QA processes, quality gates, automation strategy, and delivery confidence together with QA, Dev, DevOps, Product, and Engineering ManagerMentor QA engineers, support code/test case reviews, and help grow QA engineering maturity in the team.Requirements:6+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, including manual and automation testingExperience as QA Lead, QA Tech Lead, Senior FullStack QA, Automation Lead, or similar roleStrong experience with Python-based test automationProficiency with Pytest and API/backend automationExperience with Playwright or similar UI automation toolsExperience with functional and non-functional testingStrong understanding of QA approaches, testing principles, test pyramid, risk-based testing, and test coverage strategyGood understanding of SDLC from requirements analysis to deployment and production monitoringExperience with REST API testing, message queues, and third-party integrationsExperience with CI/CD systems and test automation integration into pipelinesExperience with Allure TestOps or similar test management/reporting toolsExperience with observability and troubleshooting tools such as Sentry, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, or similarGood SQL skillsIndependence, proactivity, ownership, and strong communication skillsAbility to quickly learn new thingsGood level of spoken and written English and RussianNice to have:Experience in fintech, crypto, payments, compliance, financial operations, or other complex domains with heavy business logicExperience with Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, GitOps, or cloud-native environmentsExperience with Kafka, NSQ, Debezium, Ledger-like systems, or event-driven architectureExperience with performance testing tools such as k6 or LocustExperience with contract testing, mocks, fakersExperience building QA metrics, quality gates, release readiness dashboardsWhy should you choose CoinsPaid?To become a part of this solid team, passionate about their jobs and the crypto industry as a whole. To feel a great team spirit and meet people supporting each other's growth and development. To become a part of a rapidly developing international company and a crypto payments leader. Only in 2024 CoinsPaid was awarded more than 10 times:- Acquisition International 2024 - Best Crypto-payment Solutions Firm 2024 - Europe;- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Leading Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Firm in Europe 2024;- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Best Blockchain Initiative Europe 2024;- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Best Blockchain Fintech Company Europe 2024;- Global Brands Magazine Awards - Leading Cryptocurrency Payment Solutions;- ICA Compliance Awards - Development of Automated Real-time Risk Assessment System;- Europe Fintech Awards - Crypto Award;- EiGE Awards - Best Payment Provider 2024;- World Business Annual Awards 2024 - Best Cryptocurrency Payment Solution Provider Europe 2024;- World Economic Magazine 2024 - Best Digital Payments Solutions Provider;- Malta Fintech Awards by Dynamic Events - Payment Services Provider of the Year;- Global Brands Magazine Awards - Best Crypto Payment Gateway;- Business Awards UK - Best Cryptocurrency Tech;- EGR B2B - Best Cryptocurrency Service Supplier 2024;- Global Cards & Payments Innovation Awards - Best B2B Payments Initiative;- International Investor Award - Most Advanced Crypto Payment Processing Firm 2024.Solid facts about CoinsPaid:- Private and profitable company, registered and licensed in Estonia;- Secure business, with regular financial and regulatory audits;- Over 10 years of experience in the blockchain development;- Over €700M processed in crypto monthly;- Over 1M transactions processed monthly;- Over 800 merchants accounts serviced;- Over 270 team members across 30+ countries.By joining CoinsPaid now, you’ll participate in building the world's best crypto payment ecosystem, conquering new markets, and popularising cryptocurrencies.Sounds good? Well then, we can’t wait to see your resume!To learn more please visit: https://coinspaid.com/about-us/ & https://coinspaid.com/careers/