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QA Engineer

NDA Recruitment
jiraapi testingpostmanswaggersqltestrail
xrayzephyretlperformance testingsecurity testing
experience6+ years
locationKyiv, Ukraine
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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced QA Lead — Analyst to drive quality assurance and business quality analysis for complex ERP and enterprise financial systems. This role is ideal for a senior QA professional who combines strong testing leadership with analytical thinking, business process understanding, and the ability to ensure product quality in highly regulated and business-critical environments.

As a QA Lead — Analyst, you will own the quality strategy across the full delivery lifecycle, ensuring requirements are testable, risks are properly assessed, and releases meet the highest standards of reliability and business value.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Leadership & Strategy

  • Define and drive QA strategy, quality standards, and testing approaches across ERP initiatives.
  • Own release readiness assessments, quality gates, and go-live recommendations.
  • Establish and continuously improve QA processes, methodologies, and best practices.
  • Lead defect triage activities and facilitate quality-focused decision-making.

Business Analysis & Requirements Quality

  • Analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and user stories.
  • Validate acceptance criteria and ensure requirements are complete, consistent, and testable.
  • Identify gaps, ambiguities, dependencies, and business risks early in the delivery lifecycle.
  • Maintain full traceability between requirements, test scenarios, defects, and releases.

Test Planning & Execution

  • Lead test planning, scope definition, prioritization, and execution management using Jira.
  • Apply risk-based testing strategies to focus on the highest-impact business areas.
  • Validate complex business workflows, financial transactions, accounting logic, and system integrations.
  • Support migration, transformation, and data validation initiatives.

Technical Validation

  • Perform API testing and integration validation using Postman, Swagger, or similar tools.
  • Execute database verification and data reconciliation using SQL.
  • Validate interfaces, integrations, and end-to-end business processes across multiple systems.
  • Ensure data integrity, consistency, and business continuity throughout releases.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

  • Mentor and support QA Engineers and QA Analysts.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, Project Managers, and Business Stakeholders.
  • Drive quality awareness across cross-functional teams.
  • Participate in hiring, onboarding, and capability development of QA professionals.

Required Qualifications

Professional Experience

  • 6–9+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
  • 3+ years in a QA Lead, Test Lead, or equivalent leadership role.
  • 2+ years of experience in QA Analysis, Requirements Analysis, or Business-Focused QA.
  • 3+ years working with complex ERP, Financial, CRM, or other enterprise-grade systems.

Core Expertise

  • Strong experience defining QA strategies and release quality gates.
  • Deep understanding of requirements analysis and testability assessment.
  • Proven experience with end-to-end traceability management.
  • Strong expertise in financial and business process validation (GL, AP, AR, reconciliation, posting flows, financial controls).
  • Hands-on experience with API testing and validation.
  • Advanced SQL and database testing skills.
  • Experience with migration, transformation, and data validation projects.
  • Strong risk management, prioritization, and defect triage capabilities.
  • Experience managing QA delivery within large-scale programs and constrained timelines.
  • Strong Jira planning, tracking, and execution management skills.

Leadership & Communication

  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Strong facilitation, mentoring, and coaching capabilities.
  • Experience defining and tracking QA KPIs and quality metrics.
  • Experience interviewing, hiring, and developing QA talent.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Xray, Zephyr, TestRail, or similar test management platforms.
  • Exposure to performance, security, audit trail, or data integrity testing.
  • Experience with ETL validation, message queues, contract testing, and idempotency validation.
  • Experience leading UAT activities and facilitating business sign-off processes.
  • Knowledge of enterprise integration architectures and distributed systems.

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to work on large-scale, business-critical ERP platforms.
  • High ownership and strategic impact on product quality.
  • Collaborative environment with experienced professionals and decision-makers.
  • Professional growth opportunities, mentorship, and leadership development.
  • Competitive compensation package and long-term career growth.
  • Flexible working arrangements and modern engineering culture.
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