QA Lead (OANDA)

OANDA, now part of the FTMO Group, is growing, and we're looking for a QA Lead to own quality in OANDA engineering. Build and lead the OANDA QA team, set how we test, and make quality a shared responsibility of every delivery team. Work hand in hand with the QA Lead at FTMO so both companies follow the same standards, frameworks and quality gates.

About ftmo

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Responsibilities

• Lead the OANDA QA team: hiring, onboarding, performance and career development of QA engineers.
• Define the QA strategy for OANDA engineering with the engineering management team, aligned with the group standards agreed with the FTMO QA Lead.
• Build and maintain the test automation framework and introduce shift-left practices, so developers own testing of their code.
• Set quality gates in the SDLC and CI/CD pipelines for onboarding, funding, trading, user management and back-office systems.
• Track and report quality KPIs: escaped defects, regressions, change failure rate, CI feedback time, meaningful test coverage.
• Take part in post-incident reviews from a prevention point of view and close gaps in test coverage.
• Introduce AI-assisted and agentic testing, and quality gates for AI-generated code.

Requirements

• 7+ years in software QA, including 3+ years leading QA engineers.
• Proven experience building test automation frameworks and introducing QA standards across several teams.
• Strong knowledge of the SDLC, CI/CD and modern test automation (web, mobile, API).
• Hands-on with automation tools (e.g. Playwright, API testing).
• Understanding of SRE basics: monitoring, observability, SLIs and SLOs.
• Clear communication and ability to influence engineers and product people.

Preferred

• Experience in fintech, trading or payments is a strong advantage.
• English at C1 level; Czech / Polish is an advantage.

Benefits

Why join the FTMO team?

• We are a Czech fintech that, since 2015, has grown from an idea into a global project
• ? We focus on meaningful work and open communication, while only adopting processes that make our lives easier.
• Prague, Národní třída.
• Enjoy our modern offices at the Quadrio shopping center, offering beautiful views and excellent accessibility.

What if I don’t trade?

• No worries. We’ll show you what our product is all about and introduce you to the basics of trading.
• Free fruit, snacks, and coffee are always within reach in the office.

How do we promote strong relationships and well-being?

• Company cottage, team building events, and running club.
• Flexible hybrid model.
• We prefer collaborating in person to keep the team spirit high, but we offer the flexibility you need to stay balanced.
• *The benefits mentioned above apply to FTMO on-site employees in our Prague office.