QA Lead - Shazam (12 Month Contract)
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products very quickly. Countless moments of discovery. It’s our people – their imagination, skills and ideas – that shape our future, and help us make the impossible come to life. The role is located in our London office, the tech hub of the Shazam team.
Lead the QA effort for the Shazam iOS & Android apps on a 12-month contract.
You'll set strategy and direct a team split across automation (~75%) and manual/regression testing (~25%), driving a major push to mature automation and migrate existing manual cases into automated coverage. You will guide the team that builds the automation, help with test planning & test case maintenance, and help guide the technical direction.
Minimum Qualifications
- Senior QA experience leading and coordinating teams, ideally in contract settings with
- minimal ramp-up.
- Strong mobile testing background across iOS and Android.
- Solid working knowledge of automation frameworks (eg. Appium, XCUITest, Espresso),
- enough to set strategy and guide the team (hands-on coding not required).
- A track record of planning manual-to-automation migrations.
- Strong communication skills and analytical thinking
Preferred Qualifications
- Python
- Experience with high-traffic consumer apps
- CI/CD test integration
- Experience working with tools like TestRail & HTTP Proxies