The position

You'll be joining a team of over 200 engineers, spanning across Frontend, Backend, SRE and QA. We're organised into cross-functional development teams assigned to a specific area of our product. You will lead and be part of a small QA team that, together the broader engineering team covers the full quality scope of our products.

We write tests in Cypress, and we use Gitlab for Continuous Integration and Delivery. Together with your team members you will ensure that engineers have the right tools and processes to deliver world-class quality products.

As Team Lead for the QA team, you are responsible for all the work of the QA team, and you are the spokesperson for everyone in the team. You are expected to manage the team dynamics and always bring the best in everyone. A team leader at Remote is not expected to be the best in a team, but rather, help others become the best version there is and gear the team towards optimised execution.

Outside of people management, we expect that you actively work with manual and automated testing as well as advocating for quality across the organization.

What this job can offer you

• Be part of defining and improving the overall QA processes and thus have a direct impact on the organization’s overall quality mindset.
• A lot of freedom to organize your work and life — you are not bound to daily stand ups or other ceremonies.
• A lot of variety in your day-to-day work! You will be working with manual testing as well as writing automated tests. You will also communicate your ideas and advocate for quality across the organization.
• A supportive and kind work environment where we would like you to challenge us to improve the quality of our product, every day!
• Pragmatic and product-focused Engineering culture — read more about our practices and work ethic.
• Competitive salary, stock options, unlimited PTO, a generous learning budget, and a set of other perks and benefits.

What you bring

• Significant experience as a Senior QA Engineer or similar position, preferably with responsibilities across multiple teams or product areas.
• Experience leading a team of at least 2 people for a year
• Solid knowledge and understanding of E2E tests in Javascript as well as manual testing, and the know-how of when to use what techniques.
• Solid Expertise in Cypress, Playwright or Selenium
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Delivery
• Focus on efficient processes with a kind, people-first approach
• Knowledge of how to coordinate, plan and prioritize testing activities
• An ability to inspire others and instill confidence
• Ambition and intention of diversity, equality and inclusion

Practicals

• Direct reports: 3-5 QA Engineers
• You'll report to: Engineering Manager
• Team: Engineering - QA
• Location: Anywhere in the World
• Start date: As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce.  We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $49,750 - $167,950 Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

Hiring Process

1. (async) Profile review
2. Interview with recruiter
3. Interview with Hiring Manager
4. (async) Code exercise
5. (async) Code exercise review
6. Interview with the team (you'll get a sense of who you'd be working with)
7. Executive Interview with Engineering Director or VP of Engineering
8. (async) Offer

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