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QA Lead | Barcelona (Hybrid) | Freelance | Long-Term Project

We are looking for an experienced
QA Lead
to define and drive the quality strategy across a complex, backend-oriented, multi-squad technology programme.

The adecuado candidate combines
QA leadership, delivery coordination and strong backend/integration testing expertise
, with the ability to establish a robust, traceable and pragmatic QA operating model across multiple teams.

? What you'll do

• Define and maintain the overall
QA strategy, standards and ways of working
across the programme.

• Coordinate QA activities across multiple squads, ensuring consistency in execution, evidence, reporting and defect management.

• Oversee test coverage across
API, integration, contract, regression, negative scenarios, business workflows and risk-based testing
.

• Ensure appropriate validation of
authentication, authorisation, roles & claims, tenant isolation and service interactions
.

• Work closely with Product, Business Analysis, Architecture, Development, DevOps and external stakeholders.

• Drive
quality reporting,



traceability, audit readiness and release-readiness recommendations
.

• Collaborate with
IV&V; (Independent Verification & Validation)
teams, supporting evidence preparation, defect clarification and follow-up.

• Ensure traceability between requirements, tests, defects, evidence and delivery outcomes.

• Oversee the appropriate use of
AI-assisted QA/test generation
, ensuring outputs meet established quality standards.

✅ What we're looking for

• Strong experience leading QA within
complex software delivery environments
.

• Previous experience coordinating QA across
multiple squads or teams
.

• Strong understanding of backend testing involving
APIs, integrations, workflows and data validation
.

• Experience defining
test approaches, quality gates, defect triage, reporting and release-readiness processes
.

• Ability to work confidently with developers, architects, DevOps and other technical s

📌 QA Lead | Barcelona
🏢 Huntify
📍 Barcelona