Senior/Lead AQA Engineer (Python)

Senior/Lead AQA Engineer with 6+ years of experience. Full-time, remote/hybrid/office. Develop and maintain test automation frameworks for image-processing and AI-based functionality.

Develop, maintain, and evolve the existing test automation framework. Extend automated test coverage in accordance with existing test strategies and image-quality pipelines. Develop and maintain UAT and E2E automated tests integrated into CI/CD. Support, improve, and develop internal QA tools used to simplify and evolve testing processes. Convert existing manual test cases into automated tests. Help transform the testing pyramid toward significantly higher automated coverage and reduced manual regression effort. Develop and maintain automated tests using C++ and Python. Work with Lua-based test scenarios and presets where required. Develop and maintain data-driven and reference-based regression tests using images, EXIF data, calibration data, and other reference artifacts. Integrate automated tests into CI pipelines and improve test execution reliability. Perform benchmarking and support performance profiling activities. Test AI-based image-processing functionality, including validation of output quality and system behavior. Investigate AI pipeline issues together with developers. Validate application behavior across different CPU, GPU, and NPU configurations. Prepare and maintain tests for newly supported camera and lens models. Verify correct support of new cameras and imaging hardware across the product. Analyze requirements, technical documentation, logs, and application behavior. Investigate complex defects together with developers. Continuously identify opportunities to improve automation architecture, coverage, reliability, and maintainability. Participate in technical discussions directly with customer representatives.

6+ years of professional experience in Test Automation / AQA. Strong development-oriented mindset and good understanding of software engineering principles. Strong practical experience with C++ and/or Python for test automation. Experience developing and maintaining automation frameworks. Experience with C++ testing frameworks such as GTest or Catch2. Experience with CMake / CTest. Practical experience with Python unittest or similar testing frameworks. Strong experience testing desktop applications. Good understanding of desktop application architecture. Experience developing and maintaining automated test scenarios. Experience with functional, regression, UAT, and end-to-end automation. Experience with data-driven testing. Experience with reference-based regression testing or validation against predefined expected results. Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Ability to analyze logs, investigate failures, and perform root-cause analysis. Ability to quickly understand complex technical documentation and internal engineering processes. Willingness and ability to understand the specifics of supporting new camera and lens models. Strong practical experience using AI assistants such as Claude in daily engineering activities. Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with customer stakeholders. Proactive and ownership-driven mindset. English level B2+ for regular communication with the customer.

Full-time employment. Schedule: 5/2. Work format: remote, hybrid, or office.