Lead Software Engineer in Test

Viva.com, the 1st Tech Bank in Europe for Businesses, revolutionises omnichannel payments acceptance, offers card issuing, loans and deposit accounts. Viva.com is the first to pioneer and holds the top position in the Tap on Any Device technology, enabling payments acceptance on any device or even without a device.

Today Viva.com is leading the transition to All-in-One business solutions, powered by its full suite of financial services. To that end, reflecting its holistic approach to business needs, Viva.com has built a dynamic ecosystem featuring over 450 tech partner-innovators in the software and hardware space. Connecting directly to all local payment schemes, alternative payment methods and payment systems across the continent, further strengthens Viva.com’s value proposition. 

Viva.com envisions to provide businesses a value-driven platform to accelerate the adoption of the latest technology. 

Role Overview

The Lead Software Engineer in Test (Lead SET) holds a critical leadership position within the quality assurance and software development teams. Apart from the hands-on technical contributions, the Lead SET is responsible for overseeing the design, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks and strategies that ensure the high quality, performance, and scalability of the company's software products. This role also involves leveraging AI-driven testing tools to enhance automation, improve test coverage, and predict potential issues early in the development process.

This role combines advanced technical expertise in test automation and software development with strong leadership skills to guide and mentor a team of software engineers in test in the areas of automated testing, test architecture, and continuous integration, ensuring best practices in test automation and overall software quality engineering. You will work closely with stakeholders to define quality metrics, improve test processes, and drive the adoption of advanced testing methodologies, including AI-based solutions, to ensure high-quality software delivery that meets business objectives in a flexible, collaborative, and rapidly changing delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of SETs, providing technical guidance, support and performance feedback;
• Integrate AI-powered testing tools into the test automation frameworks to enhance test coverage, anomaly detection, and predictive analysis, improving overall testing efficiency and software quality;
• Lead the adoption of AI-driven methodologies for test optimization, including intelligent test case generation, self-healing test automation, and machine learning-based performance monitoring;
• Manage the day-to-day activities and the workload of the test team to ensure efficient and effective testing efforts;
• Develop and implement test strategies for new features, releases and products in collaboration with cross-functional teams;
• Oversee the design and maintenance of scalable and reliable automated test frameworks for UI, API, performance and integration testing;
• Develop and maintain reusable test scripts, libraries and utilities to support automated test execution;
• Ensure that automation solutions integrate seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines and contribute to the overall DevOps strategy;
• Ensure that the test team creates detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases for the automated tests;
• Monitor the execution of automated tests in a continuous integration environment, analyze results and ensure defects are properly tracked and resolved;
• Establish and track key performance metrics related to test automation coverage, execution time, defect density and release quality;
• Identify opportunities for test automation, process improvements and testing best practices to enhance overall product quality and testing efficiency.

At Viva.com, we believe in amplifying human potential through AI. When you join us, you're stepping into a future-forward environment where technology empowers every role, driving smarter, more efficient. 

To be considered you should have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field;
• Experience with AI-driven test automation tools like Mabl, and proficiency in integrating AI technologies into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• 4+ years of experience in software development, test automation or software quality engineering;
• Solid understanding of software development, QA methodologies, tools and processes;
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages (Java is preferred);
• Deep experience with test automation tools and frameworks like Selenium, Appium, Maven, Gradle, Cucumber, Rest API or similar;
• Experience integrating automated testing solutions with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI or other relevant tools;
• Expertise in API testing tools (e.g. Postman, REST-assured) and excellent knowledge of RESTful services;
• Familiarity with SQL queries for validating data integrity and back-end functionality;
• Knowledge of performance testing tools like JMeter, Gatling or equivalent tools for measuring and analyzing system performance;
• Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g. Azure) and experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes);
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities;
• Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills;
• Proven experience in leading a test automation team would be considered a plus.

💸  Competitive compensation package;

Annual bonus based on your performance and targets’ achievement;

🏥 Private health insurance for you and your family;

💻 Top of the Line tools and equipment;

🏃🏽‍♂️ Employee Wellness Program like Daily group sessions led by professional coaches;  

📚 Career development and regular feedback to develop your skills.