Quality Engineering Lead | Hybrid Setup

Work Setup: Monday to Friday, Hybrid (2 days onsite, 3 days wfh)
Location: Mandaluyong

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with platform teams to design automated quality gates in CI/CD pipelines, integrating SAST, DAST, dependency, and container scanning alongside shift-left practices like requirement reviews and test-first design.
• Define, govern, and oversee test automation frameworks across web, API, and cloud-native applications while maintaining reusable test assets and evaluating modern testing tools.
• Establish and track core quality KPIs and OKRs—including defect density, test coverage, cycle time, and incident trends—to drive root cause analysis and continuously improve release processes.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Tech Leads, Systems Analysts, InfoSec, and Application Support to ensure clear acceptance criteria, secure testing compliance, and seamless defect handovers.
• Establish performance, load, and stress testing stages within delivery pipelines for critical systems to set baselines, evaluate risk, and ensure system resilience.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field, with 8–10 years in quality engineering and at least 3 years leading QA teams in Agile environments.
• Expertise in web, API, and mobile test automation using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, or Postman, with proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, Java, or Python.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, automated quality gates, secure SDLC, SAST/DAST tools, and OWASP Top 10 standards.
• Experience in performance testing using JMeter, Gatling, or k6, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred: ISTQB Advanced certification, cloud-native testing, Docker, microservices, chaos/contract testing, AI-assisted automation, or regulated industry experience.