Team8 Stealth Mode Startup- QA Lead (Automation & System Integrity)

About The Position

We are an exciting stealth-mode Enterprise software startup, backed by significant seed funding from Team8, a leading venture capital firm in the cybersecurity space!

Joining Orchid Security at this early stage provides a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. Our mission is to revolutionize the way IAM is consumed and managed. We’re building a team of brilliant, curious, and driven individuals to help us innovate and scale our cutting-edge technology.

We are looking for a QA Lead (Automation & System Integrity) who is self-motivated, detail-oriented, and experienced in testing complex, multi-component systems. This role is crucial in ensuring the quality and reliability of our product, which spans several critical areas including infrastructure, large-scale distributed environments, and cross-component flows.

Responsibilities:

• Define and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for critical product features, ensuring quality metrics are met across the board.
• Oversee and manage the end-to-end testing process, including manual and automated test flows, for the entire system.
• Collaborate with development teams to provide the testing infrastructure for writing comprehensive and complex test cases.
• Validate cross-component flows across the system, thoroughly testing integration points between different services and modules.
• Report test results and quality status regularly to management and team leads, providing clear visibility into the quality and readiness of releases.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in QA processes, methodologies, and testing of complex systems.
• Proven ability to work with multiple teams, including developers, product managers, and operations teams, to deliver high-quality software.
• Strong skills in documentation and reporting, able to present testing results and quality metrics to senior management.
• Ability to govern and guide the testing strategy across different teams, ensuring alignment and coverage of critical system flows.
• Strong experience with automation frameworks and UI testing (e.g., Selenium) and proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, C#).
• Hands-on experience with Linux, networking, and database systems (e.g., SQL), along with experience in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) and integrating automated tests into deployment processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and guide technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience ensuring cross-team collaboration and governance over multiple test environments and test case ownership.
• Experience in creating test automation frameworks for complex user journeys and end-to-end testing.
• Experience with agent-based architectures is an advantage.