Feeld is looking for an Automation QA Lead for a hands-on technical role leading automation efforts for our human-centred dating and sexuality app. You will be responsible for owning the direction and implementation of Feeld’s automation tooling and frameworks, improving quality and security, and mentoring a team of QA engineers.
What You'll Do
- Lead an automation team to build pipelines and tooling for mobile app automation, e2e testing suites, and API testing.
- Own the tooling and services supporting QA automation, and be responsible for vendor management.
- Build and maintain a toolkit for enhancing QA and developer experience (e.g., scripts to pre-configure accounts).
- Foster a culture of quick feedback loops and processes to catch defects with automation earlier.
- Work with Infrastructure, Platform and Security teams to develop automated testing for performance, load and security.
- Support product/delivery teams with metrics required to release app updates and backend deployments with confidence.
- Design and architect scalable, maintainable automation frameworks for mobile apps and APIs.
- Evaluate and introduce new automation tools, frameworks, and processes to improve quality at scale.
- Mentor and guide other QA engineers, sharing best practices.
- Partner with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Contribute to performance, load, and security testing automation.
- Collaborate with manual QA to shift left where automation can improve efficiency and coverage.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience (5+ years) designing and scaling automation frameworks for mobile apps and APIs.
- Comfortable working hands-on with code, frameworks, and infrastructure to unblock yourself and others.
- Experience influencing cross-functional teams and establishing testing standards.
- Knowledge of TypeScript and/or React Native.
- Comfortable working with WebdriverIO/Appium, Mocha, and BrowserStack to build and run automated tests.
- Proactive in identifying gaps, solving problems, and continuously improving processes.
- Extensive mobile and API automation experience.
- Ability to 'self-serve' by building required tooling.
- Experienced leader with abilities to provide mentorship and guidance to 3-6 QE team members.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Appium and BrowserStack.
- Able to build backend and frontend applications from source, run locally and debug issues.
- Knowledge of other modern testing frameworks or languages and ability to quickly adopt new tools.
Technical Stack
- TypeScript
- React Native
- WebdriverIO/Appium
- Mocha
- BrowserStack
- Postman
Team & Environment
You will lead a team of 3-6 QA engineers and report to the Head of Platform, with influence across multiple teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Flexible working hours
- Unlimited paid time off
- Fully remote working situation
- Home work station budget
- Learning & development budget
- On demand therapy sessions and mental health support via Spill
- In-person meet ups
- Compensation: £60,000 - £105,000 GBP
Work Mode
This role operates in a global, fully remote mode.
Feeld promotes open-mindedness, inclusion, diversity and kindness, both in the world and among our own workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people with a history of marginalisation.
