? 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 stakeholders.
• At least 3–

📌 QA Lead | Barcelona (Cataluña)
🏢 Huntify
📍 Cataluña