QA Automation Lead Engineer

Pitch Avatar is a startup that helps teams and speakers create impressive video presentations using avatars and AI. We’re growing fast and expanding our user base — now we’re looking for someone who will become the voice and face of our product for our clients.

The project combines elements of a SaaS platform, generative AI (ChatGPT, Whisper, TTS) and real-time multimedia content (WebSocket / WebRTC).

Responsibilities
Managing a team of testers, mentoring
Organizing testing processes, distributing tasks, and quality control
Conducting manual and automated testing of Web and mobile Web applications
Developing, supporting, and optimizing autotests (UI, REST, WebSocket, WebRTC)
Analyzing requirements and specifications, preparing test plans and test cases
Reporting and supporting found defects until they are fixed
Testing integrations between REST API and WebSocket streams
Performing performance testing (k6 or similar tools)
Interacting with PM, developers, AI/ML and monetization teams
Participating in improving QA processes and building automation infrastructure

Requirements
3+ years of experience testing Web applications, of which at least 1 year in a Lead/Senior role
Practical experience with test automation in Playwright
:white_small_square: preferably in Java, but JS/TS or Python
Understanding BDD / Cucumber principles - desirable
Experience in REST API automation (Playwright, Postman, Swagger)
Experience in WebSocket / WebRTC automation (message validation, REST integration)
Knowledge of HTTP / HTTPS basics, client-server architecture
Experience in JSON response analysis and business logic validation
Understanding SQL (JOINs, queries, data validation)
Experience with GitLab / GitHub, Jira, Confluence, TestRail / Testiny
Knowledge of Charles / Fiddler or similar for network request analysis
Basic experience with Python / Pytest, libraries for semantics testing, audio metrics will be an advantage
Experience in conducting performance tests (k6, JMeter, Locust) - desirable
Written English - not lower than Intermediate

Will be a plus

Experience in building CI / CD pipelines for automated tests (GitLab / GitHub Actions)
Knowledge of AI service testing principles (LLM, speech-to-text, text-to-speech)
Experience in configuring Docker / AWS environments
Experience in forming a QA strategy for complex distributed systems

We offer

Interesting project at the intersection of SaaS, AI and multimedia
Full remote work
Competitive compensation
Official contract with an Austrian company
25 paid working days of vacation
Paid sick leave
Adequate management, freedom of decisions, knowledge culture
The opportunity to influence the architecture of test automation and QA processes