Senior QA Engineer

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will define and scale quality standards across our Product & Engineering organization. You'll work collaboratively with multiple engineering teams to ensure the delivery of critical features meets our highest quality standards. Your success will be measured by your ability to empower teams to produce exceptional deliverables independently, through knowledge sharing and mentorship. You'll build, implement, and continuously improve automated quality assurance tooling while rotating between teams to drive widespread adoption of quality excellence. Working closely with our Quality Lead, Principal Engineers, and Infrastructure teams, you'll champion engineering excellence through hands-on collaboration and strategic guidance.

We are technology agnostic and always strive to choose the best tools for the job. You should be comfortable getting acquainted with new tools, technologies, or approaches fast. The primary tools/technologies you’ll use include Playwright, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Sentry and TypeScript as a programming language.

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will...

• Define, implement, and scale quality standards across multiple product and engineering teams
• Mentor and guide multiple engineering teams simultaneously to adopt best practices in quality assurance, enabling them to deliver high-quality features independently
• Rotate across teams to provide specialized quality support and drive improvements
• Design and implement robust automated quality assurance tools and testing frameworks
• Create and maintain comprehensive quality metrics and monitoring systems
• Develop quality-focused documentation, guidelines, and best practices
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, advertising, and digital marketing.

What we are looking for...

• 5+ years of experience in quality engineering with leadership responsibilities
• Strong expertise in test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, WebDriverIO, k6, Gatling)
• Experience with modern CI/CD practices and deployment automation
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL is a plus)
• Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Autonomy, proactivity and the ability to unblock yourself when you need help
• Ability to explain and visualize complex concepts in simple terms
• Ability to work in a hybrid capacity from our Helsinki office 3 days a week (more if you like).

What We Offer You:

• Inclusive Culture: Join a team of over 750 Smartlies representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries, we foster a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback.
• Global Impact: Be part of a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers and business growth.
• Wellbeing Focus: Enjoy generous healthcare packages, mental health services, and a healthy work-life balance with paid holidays and family leave.
• Total Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and ample career development opportunities.
• Hybrid Workplace: We work in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days.

Smartly is committed to being the best place to work for growth-minded individuals to thrive - explore more in our Culture Handbook!

What to Expect from Our Recruitment Experience:

• Meet your Recruiter: Get to know each other and learn about working at Smartly.
• Meet the Team Lead: Gain deeper insights into your future team.
• Meet the Team in Technical Interviews: Engage in an interactive coding interview followed by a discussion around Systems Design and Architecture.
• Meet the Leadership in a Final Meeting: A brief discussion with our VP of Engineering.

Apply Now and Shape Your Future with Smartly!

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About Smartly

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.

Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.

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