Sardine

QA Engineer Lead

Brazil

R$360,000 – R$455,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Fintech, AI & Machine LearningIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess at least 6 years of experience in QA or software engineering roles with a strong testing focus, ideally within high-growth startup environments, and 2+ years of formal management or team lead experience including mentoring QA engineers. They should have experience building a robust, scalable, and maintainable automated test framework for backend APIs and frontend applications, developing test plans, cases, and data strategies for complex features across distributed systems, and establishing and tracking quality KPIs such as defect density, regression rates, and test coverage.

Responsibilities

The QA Engineering Lead will own and evolve the QA function across Sardine’s products, including test framework, test automation, manual QA practices, and continuous integration; build a robust, scalable, and maintainable automated test framework; partner with engineers to shift testing left and embed quality into the dev lifecycle; partner with DevOps and Engineering to embed quality gates into CI/CD and release pipelines; promote a culture of quality and champion QA best practices across the organization; lead and mentor QA engineers while contributing hands-on to test development, and contribute technically to ensure products are robust, scalable, and reliable through close collaboration with Product, Sales, and Engineering.

Skills

Test Automation
Agile
Scrum
APIs
Frontend
CI/CD
Test Frameworks
Test Planning
Test Cases

Sardine

Fraud prevention and compliance platform

About Sardine

Sardine.ai focuses on fraud prevention and compliance for banks, retailers, and fintech companies. Its platform offers tools for risk scoring, transaction monitoring, and customer due diligence, helping clients detect fraud and prevent money laundering. What sets Sardine.ai apart is its ability to monitor customer interactions for fraud signals, using data from over 35 providers to generate accurate risk scores. The company's goal is to enhance security and compliance for financial institutions and retailers.

Key Metrics

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2020Year Founded
$73.5MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Generous compensation in cash and equity
7-year for post-termination option exercise (vs. standard 90 days)
Early exercise for all options, including pre-vested
Work from anywhere: Remote-first Culture
Unlimited paid time off and minimum 2 weeks/year of mandatory vacation
100% of health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and 60% for dependents
4% matching in 401k
Company-wide offsites, the last one was at Miami
MacBook Pro delivered to your door
One-time stipend to set up a home office — desk, monitors, etc.
Monthly meal stipend
Monthly health and wellness stipend
Monthly meet-up stipend
Unlimited access to an expert financial advisory

Risks

Sophisticated synthetic identity fraud challenges traditional detection methods.
Real-time payment systems increase fraud risk, straining current detection capabilities.
Dollar-to-crypto conversion partnership may attract regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

Sardine offers instant settlement for NFT and cryptocurrency transactions, enhancing transaction speed.
The platform uses behavioral biometrics to monitor interactions, providing precise risk scores.
Sardine integrates data from over 35 providers for comprehensive fraud detection.

Upsides

Partnership with Experian enhances product offerings with behavioral biometrics and device intelligence.
Collaboration with Airbase expands market reach in integrated risk management solutions.
Launch of GenAI assistant, Finley, leverages AI for competitive fraud detection.

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