Senior/Lead QA Analyst - Octant
deCircle · Remote · Posted September 8, 2025
- Who can apply
- Germany
Remote job; berlin, Germany
- Pay
- Not stated in the posting
- How you’d be employed
- Employee
- Level
- Lead
- Location in the posting
- Remote job · berlin, Germany
- Skills required
- Test automation, Web3, Smart contracts, CI/CD, API testing, Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer, GitHub Actions
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From the posting
About Us
We are a fast-growing Web3 startup building products and infrastructure for the future of internet finance. Our mission is to deliver secure, scalable, and user-friendly experiences that empower communities around the world. We’re looking for a Senior/Lead QA Analyst to own our QA strategy, scale automation, and ensure that our products consistently meet the highest standards of quality.
Role Overview
As a Senior / Lead QA Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and security of our decentralized applications. You’ll define and execute our QA strategy across Web3 systems, from smart contracts integrations to front-end dApps, while scaling automation frameworks and embedding testing into our CI/CD pipelines. This role is both hands-on and strategic: you’ll lead test planning and automation efforts, establish quality benchmarks, and mentor team members, ensuring that every release meets the highest standards of usability and
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the overall QA strategy, including automation coverage, quality metrics, and release readiness criteria.
- Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks (web, mobile, APIs, and smart contracts integration).
- Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions etc.) to support continuous delivery.
- Lead test planning, execution, and reporting for major releases, including functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing.
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define acceptance criteria and ensure testability of requirements.
- Build tools and processes for cross-browser, cross-device, and wallet integration testing.
- Establish and enforce QA best practices across teams.
- Mentor other QA engineers/analysts, providing guidance on automation, bug triage, and process improvements.
- Work closely with DevOps to strengthen release pipelines and quality gates.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of experience in QA/software testing (including 2+ years in the Web3 space), with at least 2+ years in a senior or lead capacity.
- Proven track record of building and scaling test automation frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Puppeteer, etc.).
- Strong experience with CI/CD integration for automated testing pipelines.
- Familiarity with Web3 technologies : smart contracts, wallets (MetaMask, WalletConnect, hardware wallets), blockchain transactions, gas estimations.
- Experience testing APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Proficiency with bug tracking and test management tools (Jira, Linear, TestRail, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile practices.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with experience in cross-functional collaboration.
Nice-to-Have
- Solid understanding of smart contract development frameworks (Hardhat, Foundry).
- Background in security and performance testing for blockchain and dApps.
- Familiarity with DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, or L2 scaling solutions.
- Programming experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python (for building automation tools/tests).
- Prior experience scaling QA in a startup or high-growth environment.
Personality Traits
- Attention to Detail
- Communication Skills
- Culture Fit.
Values & Attributes We're Looking For
- Deep alignment with Web3 principles and decentralized technology.
- Strong problem-solving abilities with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
- Comfortable working in a remote-friendly, fast-paced, iterative environment.
- Proven ability to balance pragmatic solutions with innovation.
- Adaptability and willingness to dive into new challenges and unfamiliar technologies.
- The time overlap for the team is 8 AM - 12 PM EST (2 PM - 6 PM CET) and we expect you to be available for meetings at that time window.