Lead QA Engineer

ABOUT YOU We are looking for an experienced Lead QA Automation Engineer with strong technical depth in building, maintaining, and scaling backend automation systems. You enjoy leading through influence. Acting as a senior IC who shapes testing strategy, mentors engineers, and ensures automation excellence across multiple teams. You’re comfortable working with distributed systems, including monolith and microservices, and know how to design testing approaches that cover APIs, data flows, integrations, and edge cases. You think like an engineer, communicate like a leader, and act with the ownership of someone who wants to build world-class quality infrastructure. You’re also pragmatic and continuously evaluate new tools such as using AI-powered solutions and finding ways to drive efficiency while still relying on strong engineering fundamentals. As a QA Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing and guiding a team of QA engineers to ensure the delivery of high-quality software across projects. This role involves defining and enforcing testing standards, managing defect governance, and driving automation strategies while fostering collaboration between cross-functional teams. You will mentor and develop QA engineers, allocate resources effectively, and ensure that testing processes are aligned with organizational goals and timelines. The QA Lead will also act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing clear communication on quality metrics, risks, and progress, while continuously improving workflows to enhance efficiency, reliability, and team performance ABOUT US Xsolla is a global commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inherent challenges of the video game industry. From indie to AAA, companies partner with Xsolla to help them fund, distribute, market, and monetize their games. Grounded in the belief in the future of video games, Xsolla is resolute in the mission to bring opportunities together, and continually make new resources available to creators. Headquartered and incorporated in Los Angeles, California, Xsolla operates as the merchant of record and has helped over 1,500+ game developers to reach more players and grow their businesses around the world. With more paths to profits and ways to win, developers have all the things needed to enjoy the game. For more information, visit xsolla.com.