QA Team Lead: AI-Driven Quality & Release Job Springfield area,Illinois USA,Quality Assurance

Finonex, is a well-established and stable trading-platform company.

We are looking for a QA Team Leader to lead quality across the entire R&D organization.

We are looking for a customer-focused quality leader who owns end-to-end quality, drives release excellence, and influences how quality is built into our products.

You will work cross-functionally with R&D, Product, and Dev Ops, ensuring that quality reflects real user experience and business impact.

Own Quality End-to-End

Lead all QA activities across teams (integration, E2E, regression, release validation)
Ensure quality reflects user journeys and production behavior
Define and enforce quality standards, practices, and acceptance criteria

Drive Quality and Release Excellence

Own and lead QA oversight across the company's release process
Provide input & clarity about release readiness, validation flows, and sign-off
Manage and mentor the QA Team
Build a strong, collaborative, and quality-driven culture
Partner with Product, Engineering, Dev Ops, and leadership
Communicate quality risks, trade-offs, and priorities clearly
Represent the voice of the customer in quality decisions

Shape the Future of QA (AI-Oriented)

Drive adoption of AI-agentic approaches in QA
Introduce AI-assisted test generation, analysis, and reporting
Improve efficiency and insight through smart automation and data

You have:

3+ years of managerial experience
Proven experience as QA Lead / QA Team Lead / Head of QA / Quality Engineering Lead
Experience working across multiple teams and complex systems
Strong understanding of release processes and delivery cycles
Experience building or improving QA processes at scale

Technical Understanding (Hands-on not required)

Solid understanding of automation frameworks and testing strategies
Experience with CI/CD, test environments, and quality gates
Understanding of API, integration, and E2E testing
Familiarity with modern architectures (microservices, cloud, containers)
Proven track record of adopting, embedding and leveraging AI in the Quality domain

Mindset

Customer & business focused
Strong ownership and accountability
Pragmatic and execution-driven
Challenges teams and drives change
Proficiency in Hebrew and English

Will be nice that you have:

Experience with Python / Type Script-based test frameworks
Familiarity with tools like Playwright or similar
Experience with Kubernetes / Docker / CI pipelines
Exposure to AI-driven testing or agent-based automation
Background in fintech / complex systems / high-scale environments

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