Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- Project, Test/QA
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Salary
- 61.500 to 78.000€ Gross/Year
- Location
- Linz, Wels, Vienna
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you lead a team of QA Engineers, oversee their development and workload, and actively drive quality assurance in the delivery processes.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- You lead a team of 7 to 10 QA Engineers working within a matrix structure across product teams and domains, and are responsible for their development, workload, and effectiveness in the delivery process.
- You take on the operational leadership of a QA team: 1:1s, annual reviews, performance evaluations, hiring, and onboarding are managed by you; career paths and individual development are shaped in collaboration with the Director of Software Quality & Test Automation.
- You collect impediments from the team, categorize them, and ensure their removal or escalation – including root cause analyses for recurring blockers and appropriate preventive measures.
- You drive Quality Engineering in the Delivery Teams: You establish Shift-Left, involve QA early in Refinements, Story-Slicing, and Acceptance Criteria, and embed Risk-Based Testing into the domains.
- You establish manual and exploratory testing practices and ensure that the testing focus is on critical business processes rather than purely on code coverage.
- You orchestrate the entire defect lifecycle - from triage and prioritization through tracking to closure.
- You manage and report KPIs within the framework of the metrics set by the Head of QA: Defect Escape Rate, MTTR, Defect Density, and Coverage Profiles per domain - and represent QA in domain reviews and delivery status calls.
- You work closely with the Test Automation team, which is organizationally separate and self-organized - along clear interface logic (manual vs. automated, Test Management vs. Frameworks), where you make joint hand-off decisions.
- You evaluate AI-supported testing practices together with the Director of Software Quality & Test Automation: You pilot AI tools for test generation, flaky detection, and visual testing where the impact and effort are in a reasonable balance.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- You bring a solid understanding of modern testing practices: Risk-Based Testing, Shift-Left, exploratory testing, and professional defect management.
- You have a technical understanding of Test Automation: you don't build frameworks yourself, but you can speak on equal footing with the Test Automation team about Quality Gates and Hand-Offs.
- You are familiar with retail projects broadly: inventory management systems, integration of third-party systems for specialized departments, multi-channel interfaces between online and brick-and-mortar. You understand typical defect classes when multiple systems interact — e-commerce is an important part for you, but not the sole focus.
- You work KPI-oriented: You manage data-driven, make quality trends visible, and derive concrete measures from them.
- You communicate clearly and appropriately for the audience: You can explain QA status to non-technical stakeholders in an understandable way and directly identify risks.
- You are proficient with common tools: test management (e.g., Xray or comparable), defect tracking (e.g., Jira), and have a basic understanding of current automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress).
- Languages: German is your working language. You confidently use English in daily collaboration within the team.
- Certifications: ISTQB Foundation is required, ISTQB Test Manager is a plus.
Experience
- You have 4 to 7 years of experience in QA, including 1 to 2 years in a managerial role or in a resilient technical lead position — other profiles are possible if your impact is clearly evident.
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What we offer
- Health & Well-being: Free coffee, tea, beverages, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as discounted meals in the cafeteria or meal allowances (location-dependent). Modern workplaces for all needs.
- Culture & Development: We value personal responsibility, flat hierarchies, and open feedback. We foster a team spirit where support and collaboration are highly regarded. Enjoy 2 Learning Days per quarter, an internal learning campus, and external development opportunities.
- Flexible Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible working hours and various options for remote work.
- Celebrations & Milestones: Team events and special acknowledgments for birthdays & anniversaries.
- Location-specific benefits: Tailored benefits designed to meet the needs of each location.
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Benefits
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- 🙅♂️No All-In Contracts
- 🏠Home Office
- 🚌Excellent Traffic Connections
- 🅿️Employee Parking Space
- ⏰Flexible Working Hours
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Job Locations
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XXXLutz KG
Wels, Wien
Since over 65 years, XXXLutz has been providing attractive and safe jobs with excellent earnings and career opportunities. More than 20,900 employees find interesting and exciting tasks in diverse areas of work.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Founding year
- 1945
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Trade
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4.4Workingconditions
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Team Lead QA
- Salary
- 61.500 to 78.000€ Gross/YearNet salary converted from the gross salary in the job ad.41.901 to 50.691 € net/Year
- Location
- Linz, Wels, Vienna
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
