Lead QA Engineer, Zeelo

• If you thrive in an environment where you can make a real impact, we’d love to chat
• Significant experience in QA roles, ideally in high-growth or product-led tech companies
• Strong hands-on experience with test automation for web and mobile apps — ideally using:
• Playwright, Cypress, Selenium (UI)
• Appium (mobile)
• Pytest, PHPUnit, or similar (API/unit testing)
• Familiarity with our tech stack: PHP, Python, TypeScript and SQL
• Passion for manual testing where it adds value — especially in exploratory testing and early-stage improvements
• Strong understanding of QA strategy, risk-based testing, and quality metrics
• Experience in Agile environments, with a proactive approach to embedding quality early in the development cycle
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills — able to partner across engineering and product teams
• Knowledge of non-functional testing (performance, security, etc.)

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Lead QA Engineer to lead the charge in elevating our quality practices across a modern, fast-moving engineering team
• This is a high-impact role — perfect for someone who’s both technically hands-on and passionate about building quality into the development lifecycle from the start
• You’ll work across our core stack (PHP, Python, and TypeScript) and help ensure test coverage across both web and mobile applications
• You’ll drive QA strategy, improve our automation capabilities, and help guide our shift-left testing approach
• This isn’t just about finding bugs
• It’s about building confidence in our product, driving quality upstream, and making sure we ship robust, scalable solutions at pace
• You’ll work closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure quality is baked in from the start, while championing best practices and modern QA approaches
• We’re a fast-moving TransitTech business with plenty of exciting challenges—legacy code, evolving architecture, and new features that need rigorous testing across web, iOS, and Android platforms
• Lead the design and rollout of QA best practices across engineering
• Build and maintain robust automated test frameworks across API, UI, and mobile — with tools suited to our stack (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Pytest, PHPUnit)
• Support data-driven decision-making — using test coverage metrics, bug trends, and release health to influence quality improvements
• Conduct high-value manual and exploratory testing, particularly where automation is not yet in place
• Owning system, integration, and E2E testing across multiple interconnected applications
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers early in the development cycle to define quality expectations and acceptance criteria
• Champion a shift-left testing culture by integrating testing into design and development phases
• Act as a mentor to the wider team in QA best practices