QA Lead

Prequel is a technology company developing creative mobile applications for photo and video editing. Its products include Prequel, Esti, Gio, and Hula.

The company is looking for a QA Lead to manage a team of five QA engineers, improve quality assurance processes, introduce automation and AI tools, and ensure high-quality mobile releases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of five QA engineers, including mentoring, performance reviews, capacity planning, and hiring.

• Design and optimize QA processes, workflows, and quality metrics.

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to prioritize testing activities and support efficient releases.

• Develop and implement a 3–6 month QA improvement roadmap focused on automation, AI adoption, and reducing manual testing.

• Monitor quality and delivery metrics, identify opportunities for improvement, and evaluate new approaches.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing QA teams, developing employees, and conducting performance reviews.

• Strong understanding of modern QA practices, including test automation, CI/CD, risk-based testing, and quality gates.

• Hands-on experience testing iOS and Android applications.

• Familiarity with mobile release processes, App Store and Google Play, feature flags, and A/B testing.

• Experience working with traffic analysis tools and gRPC.

• Practical experience applying AI tools to QA workflows.

• Strong technical background and understanding of computer science fundamentals.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

• Languages: English and Russian.

What Prequel offers

• Remote work with a flexible schedule.

• An office in Montenegro for employees who prefer working on-site.

• Relocation assistance to Montenegro, including documentation and residence permit support.

• Paid professional training, courses, workshops, and industry events.

• Performance and career development reviews every six months.

• Health insurance compensation.

• A structured onboarding process.

• Premium access to Prequel+.