Software Testing Lead
Foodics
Who Are We❓
We Are Foodics! a leading restaurant management ecosystem and payment tech provider. Founded in 2014 with headquarter in Riyadh and offices across 5 countries, including UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait. We are currently serving customers and partners in over 35 different countries worldwide. Our innovative products have successfully processed over 6 billion (yes, billion with a B) orders so far! making Foodics one of the most rapidly evolving SaaS companies to ever emerge from the MENA region. Also Foodics has achieved three rounds of funding, with the latest raising $170 million in the largest SaaS funding round in MENA, boosting its innovation capabilities to better serve business owners.
The Job in a Nutshell💡
Software Testing Lead will be responsible for: Building up and leading the Testing Team to the success of project, defining the scope of testing within the context of each release, deploying and managing resources for testing, applying the appropriate test measurements and metrics in the product and the Testing Team, planning, deploying and managing the testing effort for any given engagement.
What Will You Do❓
- Lead and mentor a team of QA automation engineers, providing guidance and support
- Advocate for best QA practices, test automation, and quality standards across teams.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance automation frameworks
- Identify, track, and report software defects, ensuring timely resolution.
- Take ownership of production incidents investigations, and root cause analyses.
- Improve and lead non-functional testing efforts (performance, security, scalability, etc.).
What Are We Looking For❓
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or relevant field
- Experience: 6+ years in software testing, with at least 2 years in a lead role.
- Automation Tools: Proficiency in Selenium, Appium,Playwright, or similar frameworks.
- Programming Languages: Strong coding skills in Java, JavaScript.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Strong understanding of backend systems including services, databases, infrastructure, message queues, AWS, and Kubernetes.
- API Testing: Experience with REST Assured, Postman.
- Test Management: Knowledge of tools like JIRA, TestRail, or Xray.
- Performance Testing: Experience with JMeter
- Production Support: Proven skills in incident management, and monitoring production using APM tools.
- Soft Skills: Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- ISTQB FL is a must, others are plus.
Who Will Excel❓
- Candidates with experience with mobile automation testing (Appium or similar).
- Candidates with knowledge of containerized testing using Docker and Kubernetes.