Lead, Quality Assurance at Moniepoint Inc.

About the Role

• This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for owning and driving the strategy, execution, and culture of Quality Assurance across our Engineering teams. 
• You will lead a team of smart, detail-oriented QA Analysts and Engineers, ensuring the products we build meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. 
• You’ll be working directly with developers, product managers, and engineering leadership to make sure everything we ship to our users is production-ready and delivers happiness.

What you’ll get to do

• Lead the QA function across multiple engineering teams – drive quality standards, strategies, and frameworks that scale.
• Mentor and manage QA Analysts and Engineers – help them grow into the best versions of themselves through coaching, feedback, and career development.
• Design and enforce test strategies, including manual and automated testing, regression, performance, and exploratory testing.
• Build out meaningful dashboards and metrics to measure QA performance: test cases written and executed, bug leakage, regression rates, and more.
• Collaborate closely with engineers to serve as a gatekeeper of quality, reviewing product requirements, technical documentation, and code when necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement in QA processes, tools, and team dynamics.
• Ensure deep product understanding within the QA team so test cases are not only thorough but also relevant and user-centric.
• Promote a strong quality culture by working hand-in-hand with engineering, product, and business stakeholders
• Turn data into insight by effectively transforming test metrics into dashboards and reports that guide team performance and product health.

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• Experience leading and scaling a QA team in a fast-paced, tech-driven environment.
• A background (previous experience) as a QA Analyst or Engineer, you understand the job from the inside out.
• Experience designing and evaluating test strategies and measuring test effectiveness.
• Strong technical depth, you understand how software works and are familiar with the fundamentals (APIs, microservices, infrastructure).
• Solid analytical skills, you can connect the dots, interpret patterns in data, and ask the right questions to drive clarity and solutions.
• A mentorship-first mindset, you’ve built and led strong, collaborative teams and care deeply about your team’s growth.
• Hands-on experience with creating QA frameworks, building test dashboards, and defining success metrics.
• High integrity and emotional intelligence, you’re candid, constructive, and deeply aligned with team and company culture.
• Strong performance management experience, you can assess, evaluate, and coach team members using clear KPIs and deliverables.
• Proactivity, you don’t wait to be told what to do; you’re constantly thinking about what’s next and how we can improve.

Key Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, including 4–5 years leading engineering teams, with a strong track record of building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing teams.
• Strong programming skills in Java with a focus on tooling and automation
• Strong experience in testing APIs, microservices, mobile native, and web applications.
• Proficiency in working with Linux/Unix environments and cloud infrastructure (GCP, Docker).
• Strong knowledge of SQL, NoSQL databases, and pub-sub technologies.
• Experience in non-functional testing, including performance, security, and monitoring/alerting.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Harness).
• Familiarity with AI/ML-based test generation or test impact analysis.
• Strong experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies and leading small-to-medium teams.
• Strong technical experience, including hands-on coding and a solid understanding of software development.
• Proven ability to foster collaboration, trust, and transparency across diverse teams.
• Experience owning and overseeing system architecture for large-scale, secure, and scalable platforms.
• Ability to mentor, recruit, and grow engineering talent in an environment that prioritizes continuous learning.

What we can offer you

• Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation - You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave, plus other benefits.

What to expect in the hiring process:

• Stage 1: A preliminary phone call with one of our recruiters.
• Stage 2: Technical and product interview
• Stage 3: Leadership and execution interview
• Stage 4: Culture interview

Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.