Position: Head of QA
Company: Surprise
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Surprise.com is on a mission to turn the magical, uplifting experience of Surprise into a daily, weekly, and monthly life event – because it makes people happy. Our Surprise Box, and delightful companion app, is the most exciting way to get amazing goodies from brands you love.

We’re now looking for an experienced Head of QA to join us in delivering a first-class experience to our worldwide audience. In this role, you will lead the QA efforts across multiple countries and teams, setting standards of quality in feature development, automation, live operations testing and device compatibility and compliance.

You will work closely with Engineering, Product, Design, and executive leadership to deliver a pixel-perfect product that changes the lives of users from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv and beyond.

**What will you be doing?**

- Overseeing day-to-day operations of Surprise.com QA engineer teams in Ukraine;
- Actively participating as a member of the Surprise.com product leadership team;
- Developing organizational-level goals and driving the technical and organizational roadmap for your assigned QA teams;
- Collaborating with Product and Engineering teams distributed across multiple offices;
- Building and growing a team of exceptional QA engineers;
- Iterating quickly without compromising quality and raising the bar on operational excellence.

**What are we looking for?**

- 8+ years of commercial experience;
- Upper-Intermediate English or higher (B2+);
- Experience with different types of manual testing: WEB/Mobile (iOS and - Android native mobile apps), Cross browser testing, API testing;
- Understanding of SDLC;
- Understanding of test strategies;
- Experience in writing test cases using different Test Design Techniques;
- Understanding of different testing methods and levels;
- Ability to work by scrum and/or kanban methodologies.

**What skills will come in handy?**

- Backend testing API (Postman, Swagger);
- Basic experience in automation;
- ISTQB certifications;
- Experience in performance and basics of security testing;
- Experience working with Zephir, Xray jira plugins, other TMS;
- Experience with XCode, Android Studio, Git, PixelPerfect, Figma;
- Testing on real devices as well as services like Browserstack;
- Experience working within in-house and remote team members.

**Benefits**

- Work on interesting and challenging projects, while building a pioneering software category;
- Great atmosphere, with the vibe and energy of a high-growth tech company;
- Competitive salaries;
- Close collaboration between UA and US team members;
- Ultramodern office in the heart of Lviv (Magnus);
- English classes and an immersive English-speaking work environment (we have a lot of native speakers at the office);
- Corporate activities and parties;
- Dedicated wellness area in the office;
- 20 working days of paid vacation and Public Holidays of Ukraine;
- 15 days of paid sick leave;
- Medical Insurance;
- Corporate Taxi (from/to office; up to amount);
- Parking option;
And, of course, we use Surprise internally!