QA Department Lead

Company Description

Evolution is a multinational business at the forefront of the online gaming industry. We have an extensive track record of number 1s and are always looking for great people to help us create the next big product hit. Our team of 1,000+ engineers operates out of 8 engineering hubs running code 24/7/365 to serve users around the world. This is run through a modern software stack supporting over 250 fully automated releases per month to our main live environment. We believe in building in-house competence and agile work processes so that we can deliver on our Engineering mission: A flawless player experience.

Job Description

Job Description: 
As a QA Department Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving technical excellence while nurturing talent and fostering a collaborative culture. This hybrid role blends leadership with hands-on work, offering you the chance to make a direct impact on both the product and the people behind it.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Team Leadership & Development:
  • Inspire and guide your team through organisational changes and challenges, providing mentorship and motivation.
  • Conduct 1:1s, deliver constructive feedback, and manage 360-degree reviews.
  • Set measurable goals and OKRs, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Identify training needs and support professional growth for team members.
• Talent Acquisition & Onboarding:
  • Lead hiring initiatives to attract top-tier talent.
  • Ensure a seamless onboarding experience for team members.
• Quality Assurance Excellence:
  • Champion a culture of quality by implementing and continuously improving testing strategies, standards, and best practices.
  • Oversee the development and execution of comprehensive test plans, including manual and automated approaches, to ensure the highest quality in games and platform features.
  • Proactively identify risks, root causes of defects, and areas for improvement across systems and processes.
  • Ensure timely, accurate, and thorough testing throughout the development lifecycle, enabling rapid and confident releases.
• Collaborative Quality Leadership:
  • Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and other stakeholders to define quality goals and integrate QA early into the development process.
  • Advocate for quality across the organization by driving cross-team initiatives, sharing insights, and influencing best practices globally.
  • Act as an ambassador for QA excellence and innovation, contributing to the evolution of QA tools, processes, and capabilities.
  • This role assumes your time is shared between leadership and hands-on quality assurance activities.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in leading QA teams, including mentoring team members, conducting performance reviews, and guiding career growth.
• Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes (manual and automation).
• Hands-on experience in designing and executing test strategies for complex systems, ideally in agile and cross-functional environments.
• Experience with test case management tools (e.g., TestRail), bug tracking systems (e.g., Jira), and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive mindset for identifying and resolving quality bottlenecks.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence teams and advocate for quality at all levels.
• Ability to balance leadership responsibilities with direct contribution to quality efforts (e.g., writing test plans, running test cases, contributing to automation).

We will appreciate:

• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating QA practices into development workflows.
• Familiarity with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright) and scripting languages (e.g., JavaScript).
• Knowledge of performance testing, load testing, or security testing practices.
• Exposure to exploratory testing techniques and tools.
• Experience with quality metrics and reporting dashboards to track progress and drive improvements.
• Experience in the games industry or in testing games/platforms with a real-time or performance-sensitive component will be considered as a plus. 

We Offer:

• The entrepreneurial culture of the company, which allows you to try new approaches and technologies all the time.
• Recognition from the business which translates to competitive salaries and a supportive attitude. 
• Developing games featuring live video serving customers around the world. 
• A healthy mix of startup-like culture of the company, which enables us to try new approaches and technologies and remain on the edge of technological development and enterprise, with stability and supporting functions to help you focus on your job. 
• Modern and developer-friendly delivery processes, including Agile (Scrum / Kanban), JIRA issue tracking, Confluence wiki. 
• Being a part of an international team in a successful, publicly traded company.
• Health insurance, contemporary office environment, tech conference attendance, training, hackathons, and other benefits and perks.

Interview Process:

• Application Submission – Share your LinkedIn profile or CV to express your interest.
• Introduction Chat – A casual conversation where we get to know each other, answer basic questions, and discuss the role.
• Verbal Technical Interview – An opportunity to assess your understanding of key concepts and identify areas where we can support your growth.
• Culture Fit Meeting – A chance for you to meet the team, ensuring a mutual fit in terms of values and work environment.

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Additional Information

Our mission is simply to make operators successful and provide an excellent gaming experience for their end users.

Our vision is to be the leading online gaming provider in the world.

Our culture is rooted in our corporate values:

ALIVE
We are entrepreneurial, innovative and always on our toes, eager to catch the next opportunity. We challenge ourselves to do what no one has done before, and we deliver a unique end-user experience and first-class customer service, simply because we try harder. We look at our customers’ business as our business and opt to always be ahead of the game.

do RIGHT
We are committed to responsible gambling practices and to promoting a professional work environment which rewards integrity and high standards. We honor the trust that our customers put in us and recognize that our ability to deliver a reliable high-quality user experience is essential to our success. We strive to be an admirable employer and we believe in giving back to the communities in which we operate.

work TOGETHER
We recognize our diversity as a key strength. We promote an honest, inclusive and open work environment where we respect and support each other. Our pioneering ambition is dependent on our ability to work and develop together. At Evolution, every part of the chain counts.