Lead QA Engineer (Manual, Mobile/Connected Devices)

Job description

About the project

A connected beauty ecosystem consisting of a smart mirror running on Android OS (built in Flutter) with camera, speakers, mic, and wi-fi, plus companion iOS & Android apps also built in Flutter. The client is scaling the product across hardware and mobile, and needs a QA Lead to own quality across both the device and the app layer.

Long term, remote, with overlap on EST business hours.

Requirements

- 5+ years of commercial QA experience, including a Lead role

- Proven experience setting up QA processes from scratch

- Hands-on manual testing of mobile apps (iOS and Android)

- Experience testing hardware-connected / IoT or smart-device products (camera, audio, wi-fi connectivity, sensors)

- Experience with Flutter-based apps testing specifics

- Experience defining regression strategy across interconnected app + device components

- Confident with test management and bug tracking tools (TestRail, Jira, or similar)

- Strong stakeholder communication with Product and Engineering

- Ability to work with EST time zone overlap

- English: B2+, confident written and spoken

Will be a plus

- Experience with beauty tech, wearables, or consumer smart-device products

- Experience with automated testing basics (to guide future automation roadmap)

- Experience with API testing (Postman)

Responsibilities

- Own QA strategy and roadmap across the smart mirror + mobile app ecosystem

- Hands-on manual testing of Android-based smart mirror device and iOS/Android apps

- Define and execute regression strategy across device + app components

- Set up QA processes, standards, and release sign-off criteria from scratch

- Test hardware-software integration points (camera, mic, speakers, wi-fi connectivity)

- Coordinate releases and act as the QA point of contact for the client

- Report on QA status and release readiness

Required languages

English B2 - Upper Intermediate

Ukrainian Native