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    Head of Quality Engineering (Remote - Work from Anywhere)

    Xapo Bank
    Gibraltar - RemoteGlobal
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    about 1 month ago
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    Requirements

    • 8+ years in software quality engineering with experience owning quality frameworks across engineering organizations
    • Hands-on experience building CI/CD quality gates at multiple levels
    • Practical experience with AI-assisted test tooling or equivalent
    • Ability to influence engineering teams through tooling, documentation, and frameworks without direct authority
    • Solid understanding of distributed, event-driven microservices architectures and testing requirements
    • Experience defining and tracking quality metrics such as defect escape rate and release veto rates
    • Strong written communication skills for documentation and enablement guides
    • Experience in regulated fintech, payments, or banking environments with mobile-first product delivery focus

    What You'll Do

    • Own quality framework definition including coverage standards, gate criteria, and quality contribution to Definition of Done
    • Define measurable coverage thresholds per service and tribe and drive adoption
    • Hold pre-release veto authority to block releases when quality gates are not met
    • Define and drive AI-assisted test tooling framework and agentic QA pipeline
    • Produce training, documentation, tooling, and templates for Stream Aligned Teams to do quality work
    • Partner on test environment strategy including QA environments and test data management
    • Own quality posture reporting metrics like defect escape rate, coverage trends, release veto rate, AI tooling adoption progress
    • Partner with Security on integrating security testing into quality gates

    Nice to Have

    • Hands-on experience with agentic or generative AI test tooling in production or near-production
    • Familiarity with Team Topologies and team interactions
    • Security testing experience including SAST, DAST, dependency scanning
    • Background in crypto, Web3, custody, or blockchain-based systems
    • Open-source contributions or external thought leadership related to quality engineering or test automation

    Benefits

    • 100% remote work from anywhere
    • Flexible PTO plan
    • Yearly budget for individual learning and development goals
    • Work-life balance with autonomy and collaborative teamwork

    About Xapo Bank

    Xapo combines the convenience of an everyday bitcoin wallet with the security of a deep cold storage vault.

    Palo Alto, CA, US
    10 - 50
    Finance