QA Lead

This isn't your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We're aiming to become Germany's second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe's #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 80 million users for engaging with our advertisers' products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

AT ALMEDIA, YOU'LL:

• Own way more, way earlier — you'll be trusted with responsibility fast.
• Push harder, get further — this isn't a 9–5. We highly reward intensity.
• Join a rare environment — you will work with ambitious high-speed, high-ownership people.
• Fully present — we're 5 days a week in the office to build the energising momentum we need.

QA LEAD

€90K – €130K

• Offers Equity
• Offers Bonus

ABOUT THE ROLE

• We're looking for a hands on QA Lead who sees quality as a product problem, not just a testing problem.
• This isn't a traditional QA role focused solely on executing test cases or building automation frameworks.
• Instead, you'll own quality end-to-end, sitting between Product and Engineering to ensure we ship fast without compromising user experience.

You'll be given problems, not step-by-step instructions. We need someone who is highly autonomous, product-minded, engineering-oriented, and AI-native. We are looking for someone who can identify where quality risks exist, decide how best to solve them, and implement the right processes, tooling, and testing strategy.

• You'll shape how quality is approached across the business, introducing AI-enabled testing practices, improving release confidence, coordinating an outsourced QA function, and defining where manual testing, automation, and production monitoring each provide the most value.
• While experience with Playwright and test automation is important, we're not looking for a pure automation engineer—we're looking for someone who understands the bigger picture of delivering exceptional products.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own quality across the entire product lifecycle, from feature design through to production monitoring,
• Develop and execute a modern QA strategy that balances manual testing, automation, and production observability.
• Introduce AI-powered tools and workflows to improve testing efficiency, coverage, and speed.
• Build and maintain end-to-end automated test suites.
• Decide where manual exploratory testing delivers the highest value and ensure critical user journeys are thoroughly validated.
• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to identify risks early and embed quality into development rather than treating it as a final step.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Strong experience owning software quality in modern product teams.
• Experience balancing manual testing, automation, and production monitoring rather than specialising exclusively in one area.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated tests, ideally using Playwright.
• A solid understanding of modern QA practices, CI/CD pipelines, release management, and testing strategies.
• Experience introducing AI tools or AI-assisted workflows into software testing and quality processes.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence Product and Engineering teams through data and practical decision-making.

WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT FIT 🌟

• You naturally move between product discussions and technical implementation.
• You're excited by using AI to rethink how QA should work rather than simply doing QA faster.
• You know when automation is the right answer and when manual testing creates more value.
• You thrive in ambiguous environments where you're trusted to figure things out rather than follow predefined processes.
• You're pragmatic, highly autonomous, and motivated by solving real customer problems.
• You enjoy building systems, improving processes, and leaving the quality function in a significantly better place than you found it.

WHY ALMEDIA? 🎁

• Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success.
• Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has been profitable from day one.
• Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.
• Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.