QA Engineer Lead

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote - Brazil
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: R$360K - R$455K

Sardine is a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance. Our platform utilizes device intelligence, behavior biometrics, machine learning, and AI to stop fraud before it happens. Over 300 banks, retailers, and fintechs worldwide use Sardine to combat identity fraud, payment fraud, account takeovers, and social engineering scams. We've raised $145M from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Activant, Visa, Experian, FIS, and Google Ventures. We maintain a remote-first work culture.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in QA or software engineering roles with a strong testing focus.
• 2+ years of formal management or team lead experience, including mentoring QA engineers.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum).
• Experience with backend APIs and frontend applications testing.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the QA function across our products, including test framework, test automation, manual QA practices, and continuous integration.
• Build a robust, scalable, and maintainable automated test framework for backend APIs and frontend applications.
• Develop test plans, cases, and data strategies for complex features across distributed systems.
• Partner with engineers to shift testing left and embed quality into the dev lifecycle.
• Partner with DevOps and Engineering to embed quality gates into our CI/CD and release pipelines.
• Establish and track quality KPIs such as defect density, regression rates, and test coverage.
• 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.

Application Instructions

• No specific application instructions were provided in the original job description.

Company Information

• Who we are: Sardine is a leader in fraud prevention and AML compliance.
• Culture: Remote-first work culture, emphasizing performance over hours worked, and encouraging work-life balance.
• Hubs: Bay Area, NYC, Austin, and Toronto.
• Funding: $145M raised from world-class investors.