QA Team Lead (Hands-on) - Quality Engineering

QA Team Lead (Hands-on) - Quality Engineering

About the Position

We’re looking for a hands-on QA Team Lead or a Senior QA professional to run and improve QA across multiple products. This role is for someone who enjoys combining day-to-day delivery with improving processes, automation, and quality visibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA Delivery: Plan, coordinate, and execute testing to ensure release readiness across products.
• Strategic Automation: Grow high-signal test automation focused on critical user flows and ROI.
• Optimize the Process: Identify bottlenecks to reduce "lead time to test" and keep quality gates practical and consistent.
• Track Performance: Report on key metrics to provide clear visibility to stakeholders.
• Bridge Support & Engineering: Coordinate QA involvement in L1/L2 support - triage, reproduction, and feeding root-cause findings back to the backlog.
• Mentor & Set Standards: Coach the team, perform code reviews for tests, and promote a strong quality culture.

Requirements

• Strong Technical Background: Solid experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Leadership Mindset: Either a formal Lead or a Senior QA who has experience owning areas and mentoring others.
• Reliability Focused: Proven ability to build stable automated suites and avoid "flaky" tests.
• Tooling: Comfortable with CI/CD and modern QA tooling (Azure DevOps is a plus).
• Effective Communicator: Able to work closely with Engineering and Product to align on priorities.

Nice to Have

• Playwright,.NET/C#, Azure DevOps.
• Experience with enterprise ecosystems (Salesforce, Microsoft D365/SharePoint/Exchange, Google Workspace).

Success Looks Like

• Reliable automation you build leads to a clear, measurable reduction in manual regression testing.
• Release cycles become faster and more predictable.
• A seamless feedback loop exists between Support, QA, and Development.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in an international environment
• Friendly and flexible work culture
• Stable company with a long-term mindset
• Team spirit and respect
• Company gatherings and team events
• Learning and growth opportunities

About the Company

At Connecting Software, you’re not just taking a job – you’re joining a friendly, international team that genuinely enjoys building things together.

International environment, human size

We’re a global company with colleagues and customers in different countries, but we keep a flat structure and short decision lines. You’ll work closely with management (including the CFO) and other teams, not hidden behind layers of hierarchy.

Friendly and Flexible

This role is mainly office-based, so you can be close to the team. We believe this makes collaboration, learning, and decision-making faster and more effective. At the same time, we understand life happens, so occasional work from home is possible when needed and agreed in advance.

Stable company, longterm mindset

We’ve been in the market for many years, with our own solutions and a base of recurring customers. We invest in long-term relationships – with clients and with our people.

Team spirit and respect

We value openness, honesty, and mutual respect. We work together, celebrate wins together, and support each other when things get busy. Your voice matters here.

Company gatherings & team spirit

Several times a year, we bring people together for company gatherings and team events. These are moments to connect in person, share ideas, align on our vision, and simply enjoy spending time together. They help us strengthen trust, collaboration, and a real sense of belonging across countries and departments.

Learning and growth

You’ll be exposed to international accounting topics, IT/tech business models, and modern tools. We encourage continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and taking on new responsibilities as you grow.

Department

QA & Support

Location

Madeira, Portugal

Workplace Type

On-site

Job Type

Full-time

Send us an email in English with your CV to [email protected] and tell us why you’re the right one for the job!