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Brasil
Onsite
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a QA Automatizado - Líder COE based in Brazil.
This is a strategic leadership opportunity for a senior QA professional to become a key technical and people reference across Software Quality, Testing, and Automation. You will lead the development of QA professionals while shaping standards, frameworks, governance, and best practices across multiple projects and clients. The role combines technical depth with people leadership, capacity planning, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement. You will drive modern Quality Engineering practices, including Shift-Left Testing, CI/CD integration, automation, and AI-assisted testing. You will also help define technical roadmaps and strengthen the maturity, efficiency, and scalability of QA capabilities. The position is ideal for a leader who enjoys developing talent while transforming quality practices in complex, multi-client environments.
Lead and develop QA and Testing professionals, providing technical mentorship, career guidance, continuous learning opportunities, and support for talent retention.
Establish, evolve, and govern quality standards, testing frameworks, processes, methodologies, and best practices across projects and teams.
Lead and structure the QA/Test Center of Excellence (COE), strengthening technical capabilities and promoting consistent approaches to software quality.
Build and maintain the technical roadmap for the QA discipline, ensuring teams remain aligned with evolving tools, technologies, industry practices, and quality engineering trends.
Promote Quality Engineering, Shift-Left Testing, continuous quality practices, defect prevention, and the integration of testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
Drive the evolution of test automation and the integration of automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, including the implementation and improvement of Quality Gates.
Support the adoption and evolution of SAI App 3.0 and encourage the effective use of emerging technologies within testing practices.
Contribute to team allocation, capacity planning, project sizing, and workforce composition based on effort estimates, seniority, competencies, and project requirements.
Partner closely with Client Faces, customers, technical leaders, and other stakeholders to align QA strategies with business and project needs.
Define and implement testing strategies covering functional, regression, integration, End-to-End, API, performance, and load testing.
Contribute to technical proposals and pricing activities, ensuring QA scope, effort, staffing, and delivery considerations are accurately represented.
Promote the use of Artificial Intelligence in Quality and Testing, including AI-assisted test case generation, test data creation, automation acceleration, and defect analysis.
Solid professional experience defining and implementing software testing strategies, with strong technical expertise across modern QA and Quality Engineering practices.
Strong knowledge of functional, regression, integration, and End-to-End testing throughout the software development lifecycle.
Hands-on experience with Shift-Left Testing and quality practices embedded throughout development and delivery processes.
Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and/or RestAssured, as well as API automation and testing.
Knowledge of performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter and/or k6.
Experience implementing Quality Gates and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Proven experience leading and mentoring QA teams and technical professionals, with the ability to develop talent and establish technical standards.
Strong ability to define frameworks, governance models, processes, and quality standards across multiple teams or projects.
Experience with project and QA team sizing, effort estimation, seniority planning, competency mapping, and workforce composition.
Professional experience contributing to technical proposals and pricing, with an understanding of how QA scope and effort translate into project requirements.
Practical knowledge of Artificial Intelligence applied to Testing and Quality, including AI-assisted test case generation, test data generation, automation acceleration, and AI-supported defect analysis.
Advanced English or Spanish proficiency is required for collaboration with clients and nearshore/LATAM teams.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with customers, leadership, and technical teams.
Strategic thinking combined with a hands-on approach and the ability to translate modern QA practices into scalable standards and measurable improvements.
ISTQB certification is a plus, as is experience with security testing, large-scale Quality Engineering environments, and multi-client or multinational organizations.
Meal or food allowance.
Discounts on courses, universities, and language institutions.
Access to an online learning platform offering free, regularly updated courses with certificates.
Mentoring opportunities.
Benefits program providing access to consultations and medical examinations.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Discount and benefits club with offers from a wide range of establishments.
Travel benefits and discounts.
Pet benefits and partner services.
Opportunities for continuous professional development and technical learning.
Exposure to modern Quality Engineering, test automation, CI/CD, Shift-Left practices, and AI-enabled testing.