QA Lead

About Take In

Take In is a food delivery platform on a mission to make food delivery fairer, for customers and for restaurants. We launched in January 2026 in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and are live in production, processing real orders daily. We're hiring across product, engineering, and operations to scale what we've built.

Why this role exists

Our QA team has three manual testers and nobody leading them. We want to move from manual testing to automation, and we want someone who builds that, leads it and does it.

What you'll do

• Lead and grow the QA team. You'll start with three manual testers and later hire an automation engineer who reports to you.

• Set the automation strategy for backend APIs and our mobile apps.

• Build and own the framework. Write tests yourself when the team needs it.

• Coach the team into automation. Pairing, code reviews, clear standards.

• Get tests running in CI and make releases safer week by week.

• Work closely with our Engineering Manager and the developers.

What we're looking for

• 6+ years in QA, including 3+ years leading or mentoring QA engineers.

• You have built a test automation framework from scratch before, not only extended an existing one.

• Strong hands-on mobile automation for iOS and Android with tools like Appium, Detox, Maestro or WebdriverIO. React Native experience is a strong plus.

• Strong API automation with tools like Postman/Newman, REST Assured, Karate, Playwright or Supertest. You understand REST, auth, status codes and test data setup.

• Solid coding skills in JavaScript/TypeScript (preferred), Python or Java.

• Experience running tests in CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or similar), with reporting and quality gates.

• Practical use of AI tools in testing, for example generating test cases or test code, or analyzing failures, with examples you can show.

• Startup experience: you've worked in a fast-moving team with changing priorities, built things with little existing process, and stayed hands-on while leading.

• You've set up a QA process before: test strategy, release sign-off, and quality metrics.

Nice to have

• Performance or load testing with k6, JMeter or Gatling.

• Testing payments, delivery or ordering flows in food delivery, e-commerce or marketplaces.

• Device farms (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Firebase Test Lab) and feature flags (Unleash).

• Basic security testing awareness (OWASP API Top 10).

How we hire

Four conversations, all live, no take-home tasks:

1. Let's Talk Take In, 30 min, recruiter

2. Technical Deep Dive, 60 min, hiring manager

3. Lead Round, 60 min, hiring manager

4. Meet the Founders, 60 min

Location: Remote, Egypt. Full time.

Notes to Applicants

A few things worth knowing before you apply:

Interviews are conducted in English, and over video, with your camera on. We use an AI notetaker during interviews to help us stay focused on the conversation. You'll be asked for consent before any recording begins. If you need accommodations at any point in the process, let us know in your application.