Descripción de la oferta
About the jobYou will be leading the transformation of the Quality Assurance function at Ink Innovation, reporting directly to the CTO. Ink builds mission-critical aviation technology — AURA, our AI-powered passenger intelligence platform, and ZERO, our biometric processing system — products where failure is not an option. This is not a traditional QA management role. Your mandate is to eliminate manual testing entirely and architect a fully AI-driven, automated quality engineering organisation. You will embed intelligent quality from code commit to production deployment, with zero human-gated regression cycles. You will own the quality bar across the entire engineering organisation and make quality a structural, measurable property of everything we ship.Key Responsibilities:- Architect and lead the full transition from manual to AI-driven automated testing — targeting 100%automation coverage within 90 days, using platforms such as testRigor, Mabl, or Functionize.- Build and own a fully automated CI/CD quality gate: every commit tested, every regression caught before staging — no human-gated test cycles.- Design end-to-end automated test coverage across AURA, ZERO, and all platform services — including API, performance, load, and security testing scenarios.- Shift quality left — embed QA into sprint ceremonies, architecture reviews, and feature design so defects are prevented, not caught.- Define and own QA KPIs: defect escape rate, automation coverage %, mean time to detect, and release confidence score — reported at CTO, CPO, and client level.- Ensure automated validation of biometric processing flows (ZERO) and passenger intelligence pipelines (AURA) against SLA-aligned SLOs — covering performance thresholds, not just functional correctness.- Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed team of QA engineers. Recruit for automation-first profiles; set the technical bar and provide career development support.- Collaborate with Engineering, Product, DevOps, and Operations to integrate automated QA into agile workflows, sprint ceremonies, and release pipelines.- Act as the primary quality advocate across the organisation — influencing stakeholders at every level and driving a culture where quality is a competitive advantage, not a compliance gate.Required qualifications:- 10+ years in QA engineering; 3+ years leading QA teams in enterprise software environments- Proven track record eliminating manual regression testing at scale and replacing it with AI-native automation in production- Experience with mission-critical software in regulated or high-uptime environments (aviation, fintech, healthcare, or similar)- Deep experience with CI/CD pipelines and TDD/BDD in agile development environmentsTechnical Skills:- AI-native and no-code automation platforms: testRigor, Mabl, Functionize, or equivalent with self-healing test capabilities- Traditional automation stack: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, REST Assured; performance tools: k6, Gatling- CI/CD integration: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes; experience implementing automated quality gates in release pipelines- Defect and test management tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent- Ability to define, track, and present quality metrics and KPIs at engineering and executive levelLeadership & Personal Attributes:- Builder mindset — you design systems, not processes; you automate before you document- Data-driven — quality decisions backed by metrics and automation signals, not intuition or manual observation- Strong stakeholder communication — able to present quality strategy with conviction to executive and client audiences- Fluent in English and Spanish
