QA Automation Lead

Description:

We're looking for a QA Automation Lead to own quality across our products and lead test automation in a small, collaborative engineering team.

Quality is a shared responsibility here: you’ll own every release alongside the developers who build it, from the first conversation to production. You’ll lead with automation and AI, and you’ll also get hands-on, whether that’s testing eSIMs on real devices or setting up a sandbox for a partner.

What You'll Achieve

Every time a traveler lands in a new country and their eSIM just works, that's the quality you helped build. In this role, you'll shape Sim Local ships.
 

• Make shipping fast and safe. Turn releases into routine, low-risk events, so the team ships more often and knows quickly when something breaks.
• Protect the moments that matter most. Own end-to-end coverage of the journeys our customers and revenue depend on: eSIM purchase and checkout, installation and activation, top-ups, and partner orders through our Partner API.
• Build the foundation everyone runs on. Create the test identities, eSIM profiles and order data that every developer and partner sandbox uses, so partners can integrate with us faster and with confidence.
• Remove the blind spots. Run the full flow across our web store, mobile app, partner stores and the services behind them, on every release.
• Define what “ready to release” means. Give each release clear evidence of what it depends on and what has been tested and set the quality bar with the team.
• Shape how we test with AI. Find the AI tools and practices that work for us, and make them part of how the whole team tests.
   

Key Responsibilities
 

• Test Automation Leadership
• Own and evolve our test automation strategy and frameworks across web, mobile app and APIs
• Write, maintain and run automated UI, API and integration tests in our CI/CD pipelines, steadily reducing manual regression
• AI-Driven Testing
• Use AI tools to generate test cases, build and maintain self-healing automated tests, and create realistic test data
• Use AI to analyse code changes and risk, so we run the right tests at the right time
• Evaluate new AI testing tools and share what works with the team
• Shift-Left Quality & Coaching
• Take part in feature discussions from day one, shaping acceptance criteria and risks before code is written
• Coach developers on test scenarios, test design and writing good automated tests
• Review test coverage in pull requests and set clear quality standards with the team
• Hands-On Testing & Environments
• Test eSIM purchase, installation and activation on real iOS and Android devices across operators and destinations, including during network onboarding
• Set up and maintain sandbox and test environments for partners and clients integrating with our Partner API
• Run exploratory testing on new features, and investigate and reproduce issues reported by customers or partners
• Documentation
• Write and maintain test plans, test cases, release checklists and QA processes
• Keep partner-facing sandbox and testing documentation up to date