Lead Software QA Engineer ****** Desired skills: QA, Automation, Lead, Dublin Lead Software Engineer - QA We're working with a fast-growing, mission-driven technology company operating in a complex, safety-critical domain.
They are building a highly integrated software platform spanning real-time systems, hardware-adjacent services, and customer-facing applications.
This is a founding QA role .
You will define how quality is engineered across the organisation, while remaining deeply hands-on in building automation, tooling, and test infrastructure.
The Role As Lead Software Engineer - QA, you will own the end-to-end quality and automated validation strategy across the entire software stack.
You'll work closely with engineering teams to embed quality into system design, delivery, and operations.
This role suits a senior engineer who enjoys building systems and tooling, thinks strategically about quality, and wants to shape QA practices at company level - not just execute test plans.
Key Responsibilities Define and lead the overall QA and automated testing strategy (unit ? system ? end-to-end).
Design and build scalable, reliable test frameworks and tooling.
Develop test harnesses for distributed, real-time, and hardware-adjacent systems.
Ensure tests provide fast, trustworthy feedback and meaningful signal.
Establish standards for test coverage, reliability, and release confidence.
Own test observability, reporting, and learnings from incidents or failures.
Mentor engineers and drive adoption of best practices across teams.
Champion a culture where quality is owned by everyone.
Requirements 8+ years' experience building automated test frameworks, QA platforms, or developer tooling.
Strong software engineering background (language-agnostic; Python, Java, C++, or similar).
Deep understanding of testing strategies across all levels.
Experience with distributed, real-time, or safety-critical systems strongly preferred.
Proven ability to lead technical strategy while remaining hands-on.
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