Quality Assurance Lead

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🇳🇱 Netherlands – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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NedGraphics Software

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1978

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Marketing • Manufacturing

NedGraphics Software is a provider of specialized CAD/CAM textile design software and Adobe plug-ins used by designers and manufacturers in fashion, apparel, home furnishings, carpet and flooring. Their desktop applications and integrations support print, woven, knit and tuft design workflows—enabling color management, simulation, virtual sampling, and streamlined production handoff to reduce waste and speed time-to-market. NedGraphics primarily serves professional design teams and manufacturers with B2B software solutions and design tools.

📋 Description

• Design and own the QA strategy across the NedGraphics and Optitex product portfolios • Lead the strategic transformation of QA into a modern, automation-first, AI-enabled operation with a roadmap and milestones • Build a quality-focused culture across the QA team and wider engineering organisation • Establish standards, processes, and quality gates for product releases • Collaborate with engineering leads and Product Managers throughout the development lifecycle • Set team direction and develop individuals • Manage performance, conduct 1:1s, and support career development for 5 QA engineers • Expand automation coverage across the product suite • Set the automation roadmap and direct the existing automation engineer • Identify and introduce AI-assisted testing tools • Reduce reliance on manual regression testing • Contribute to test design, execution, and defect analysis on complex features • Stay close to the product portfolio and provide quality judgment • Set the standard for effective testing

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience leading or managing a QA team, ideally having built or significantly transformed a QA function from the ground up • Demonstrated experience building or executing QA strategy, not just following one: you know what good looks like and can point to a track record of setting the direction yourself • Hands-on background in software testing; this is a player-coach role • Solid experience testing native desktop applications • Working knowledge of at least one test automation framework for UI desktop applications (e.g. WinAppDriver, Appium, Squish by Qt Group, or equivalent) • Proficient in Python and shell scripting for building and maintaining test automation • Ability to integrate the automation framework into a wider AI agentic-based build flow, spanning tools such as Azure DevOps, Cursor, and Claude cloud agents • Strong communication skills with the ability to influence engineers, PMs, and senior stakeholders • A track record of improving QA processes and delivering measurable results • Experience working effectively across multiple time zones with a globally distributed team, including asynchronous collaboration and flexible scheduling • Prior experience leading a team, with a clear approach to setting direction, delegating, and developing people • Experience with AI-assisted testing tools or a genuine interest in adopting them • Background in software product companies, ideally with desktop application portfolios • Exposure to agile or scrum delivery environments • Experience growing an automation capability from the ground up • Familiarity with Azure DevOps for work item tracking, test plans, and pipeline integration

🏖️ Benefits

• A new, senior role with real scope to shape how quality is done at NedGraphics • Close collaboration with VP Engineering and a technically strong R&D team • A team of 5 QA engineers to lead and develop • Competitive salary plus 5% discretionary bonus • Flexible working arrangements across EU/UK