Lead Hybrid QA Engineer
Sporty Group
| Company | Sporty Group |
| Category | Uncategorised |
| Location | Europe - Remote |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Last verified | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
About the role
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of every release that goes out. Sporty isn’t like other organisations that just see QA as a blocker - we give our QA team members the power you need to do your job, including deciding what is ready for launch and what needs more work. You will be acting as a Hybrid QA Lead with the skills you bring in on both Manual testing and automation processes.
Our Stack
Programming language: Python
DB: MySQL / Mongo DB
DevOps: AWS / Jenkins / K8S
Web: Selenium / Playwright/ Postman
Mobile: Appium / Android Studio / XCode
What you'll be doing
Lead and mentor a talented development team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development
Drive the Testing lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions
Conduct regular code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve the team’s skills and output
Manage team members' performance and career development
Track and record product issues and analyse the problems through various tools, giving feedback to relevant personnel to make corrections
Write test plans / test cases and output test reports according to feature requirements Share test-related information with other team members
Create automated Web / Mobile / API test cases
Track and analyse automated tests to improve test efficiency
Develop automated tests and test frameworks
Improve our Continuous Integration pipeline
Help automate all aspects of the software engineering process
What you'll bring
Minimum of 4+ Years within a relevant role
Minimum 8 years of experience in software testing
2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation
Solid understanding of testing types: unit, integration, end-to-end, regression, stress/performance, and API testing
Experience with Web / Android / iOS and API manual testing
Experience with web debugging and API testing tools (Chrome DevTools, Postman)
Working knowledge of relational databases preferably MySQL
Strong experience with Python
Experience with Automation testing knowledge with REST APIs
Experience in test automation for mobile apps (Android and iOS)
Experience in Automation testing for web apps (Selenium/ Playwright)
Docker and Kubernetes experience would be advantageous
Experience in developing and running a Continuous Integration system
Familiarity with Jira / Jenkins would be advantageous
Even better if you have
Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB
BS / MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering
What’s in it for you
Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
28 days paid annual leave
Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
Top of the line equipment
Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Interview process
Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
Offline Take home assignment
Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)
Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)
If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours.