Principal QA Lead

At Product Madness, we bring happiness to millions of players by harnessing the happiness of play. As a Principal QA Lead, you will build and scale quality across multiple teams, embedding robust full-stack testing strategies and strengthening release confidence across backend services and client experiences.

This is a senior leadership role combining strategy, people leadership, and technical authority. You will influence how quality operates at scale — driving automation excellence, CI/CD integration, and risk-based release governance across domains.

Work mode: hybrid – 3 days per week from the Wave Office in Gdansk or Unity Office in Krakow.

What You'll Do

• Define and drive QA strategy aligned with product and engineering roadmaps

• Architect scalable automation frameworks across API, UI, integration, and end-to-end layers (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, REST Assured, Postman or similar tools)

• Strengthen CI/CD quality gates, improve test stability, reduce flakiness, and enhance release readiness practices

• Implement contract testing, service virtualization, and modern test data strategies in cloud-based environments

• Leverage observability and telemetry signals to improve quality insights and incident prevention

• Establish risk-based testing standards and trusted quality indicators used in leadership decision-making

• Lead root-cause analysis for high-impact incidents and translate findings into systemic improvements

• Mentor QA Leads and Senior QA Engineers, shaping standards, accountability, and engineering culture

• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Build leadership to embed quality ownership end-to-end

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of professional QA experience, including hands-on automation and test architecture

• 3+ years leading QA across multiple squads, streams, or domains

• Deep expertise in full-stack testing (backend services, front-end interface, end-to-end connectivity) and CI/CD pipeline integration

• Strong experience implementing risk-based testing and release governance for complex systems

• Proven ability to influence senior multi-functional collaborators with data-driven recommendations

• A pragmatic, outcome-focused approach — building scalable systems without unnecessary bureaucracy

Nice to have: experience in gaming or live-service products, QA transformation initiatives, or scaling quality practices in growing organisations.

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.