SD Worx is a leading European provider of Payroll & HR services with global reach. We have offices in Europe and Mauritius. Our goal? We bring people solutions to life and turn HR into a value source for our clients and their people.

Our people solutions span the entire employee journey, from salary payment to attracting, rewarding, and developing talent. Are you ready to join us?

About the role:
An experienced Quality Assurance practitioner and people leader responsible for the Quality Engineering capability within a tribe. The QA Chapter Lead ensures consistent quality standards, supports the professional growth of QA engineers, and promotes effective, modern QA practices across squads while remaining close to day-to-day delivery realities. At the same time, the role remains actively engaged as a QA Engineer within one of the delivery teams, staying close to day‑to‑day delivery and product realities.

What do we have to offer?

• Stable employment conditions: permanent contract of employment

• Hybrid working arrangement

• Flexible Benefits Platform: monthly allowance for wellness, retail, and leisure

• Private Health Insurance

• Birthday leave and bonus

• Holiday vouchers and additional days of annual leave for tenure

• Weekly in‑office massage sessions

• Fresh fruit delivered to the office every two weeks

• Referral program

• Workation - possibility to work from any SD Worx location (4 weeks per year)

• Learning opportunities: through an individual development plan and professional training

• Career growth: whether you want to become more of an expert in your field or want to expand your knowledge more horizontally, there is always room to grow within SD Worx!

Which tasks can you expect?

• Leads the Quality Engineering capability within the tribe, ensuring consistent, high‑quality testing and quality practices across squads

• Acts as an active QA practitioner and role model, staying close to delivery and squad realities

• Defines, maintains, and evolves QA standards, quality expectations, and ways of working across the chapter

• Ensures alignment between tribe‑level QA practices and Engineering CoE standards, acting as a two‑way interface

• Translates organisational QA standards into practical, actionable approaches for squads

• Provides feedback from delivery teams to the Engineering CoE to continuously improve QA standards and practices

• Grows and develops QA Engineers through coaching, mentoring, and regular feedback

• Promotes consistent quality practices across functional, automated, and exploratory testing

• Monitors and improves quality outcomes using relevant quality and flow metrics

• Encourages adoption of modern QA tools and practices, including AI‑augmented testing where valuable

• Builds a strong QA chapter culture focused on learning, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement

• Supports recruitment, onboarding, and retention of QA Engineers within the chapter.

What do you have to offer?

• Strong experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering with credibility as a senior practitioner

• Ability to define and consistently apply QA standards, testing strategies, and ways of working at tribe level

• Strong understanding of Agile product development and CI/CD‑based delivery environments

• Experience aligning QA practices with Engineering and Product priorities

• Solid hands‑on knowledge of modern testing approaches, including automation‑first and risk‑based testing

• Practical experience with Playwright‑based test automation and its sustainable use in teams

• Experience working with Azure DevOps for test management, pipelines, and quality reporting

• Working knowledge of quality and delivery metrics to support continuous improvement discussions

• Awareness of non‑functional quality aspects such as performance, security, and reliability

• Experience translating organisational or CoE standards into practical squad‑level practices

• Coaching and mentoring skills, supporting growth of QA Engineers

• Ability to balance hands‑on involvement with chapter‑level leadership responsibilities

• Clear communication skills and confidence working with engineers and delivery leaders

• Continuous improvement mindset and openness to modern QA practices, including AI‑supported testing

• Comfortable operating with shared ownership of priorities and limited strategic scope

• Ability to speak Romanian for day‑to‑day collaboration with local teams, and English for communication in an international environment

From many places, we work as one, moving from better to best together.

SD Worx embraces diversity in the workplace. Diversity brings inspiration and innovation to our company. We particularly welcome applications from qualified talent, regardless of origin, nationality, gender, skin color, ethnic and social background, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or stage of life.