Lead Software Engineer/Senior Lead Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer Quality Assurance - UX & Frontend Framework (IFS Technology)

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

We are actively seeking for an experienced, highly motivated and self-driven driven Software Engineer Quality Assurance (Lead Software Engineers, Senior Lead Software Engineers and Principal Software Engineers) with critical mindset and attention to detail to be a leader among our team of developers and quality assurance engineers. You will act as a quality oracle and role model to enhance your colleagues’ quality skills and processes and to become an integral member of the IFS R&D Technology UX & Frontend Framework team.

In this role, you will become an essential part of a proficient team responsible for the development of an Angular-based web application framework. This framework serves as a centralized tool for various IFS product development teams, partners, and customers, enabling them to create, expand, and tailor a wide array of product features. As a member of the framework team, your contributions will play a pivotal role in the overall success of our organization, directly impacting the work of developers across our product development division.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enhance development efficiency by coaching TDD and other Shift-Left practices. 
• Upskill quality assurance engineers. 
• Contribute to test data management and maintain comprehensive test documentation.
• Take a leading role in code reviews, maintaining high quality assurance standards. 
• Monitor and improve the team’s quality processes and policies. 
• Accountable for CI/CD integration processes and pipelines stability by promoting initiatives that would reduce/eliminate the risk of false positives and false negatives. 
• Critically analyze and evaluate automated tests of different kinds (unit test, integration, UI, etc.) using frameworks such as Jest, Cypress, or similar. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (designers, backend developers, and DevOps) to deliver high-quality and scalable solutions. 
• Ensure the right type of testing (regression, performance, security, etc.) is applied at the best possible time in the project. 
• Detect issues and risks in the project and processes as early as possible, including design stage. 
• Write and execute test cases to ensure the reliability and quality of our web application framework.
• Identify, document, and track software defects and collaborate with the development team to resolve issues.

Qualifications

• A degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology.
• Minimum of 7+ years of working experience with a track record in working with Enterprise Grade Software.
• Understanding of QA processes, best practices, testing techniques, and methodologies.
• Familiarity with containerized development environments.
• Familiarity with low-level and high-level testing.
• Experience with test data management and documentation.
• Experience in test-driven development (TDD) or test-first approaches.
• Ability to guide team members to achieve the defined goals regardless of their role.
• Capable to remain focused on the company’s best interests and maintain composure, even under pressure.
• Experience in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern web technologies.
• Experience in automated testing using tools such as Jest, Cypress, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of version control systems like Git.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and optimization skills.
• Experience working within CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a team-based, agile environment.

Additional skills: 

• Any ISTQB Certification. 
• Experience with Angular and frontend web client framework development. 
• Solid understanding of reactive programming (i.e. RxJS) and risks associated with handling asynchronous operations. 
• Knowledge in UI, performance, security, and usability testing is a plus.
• Expertise in HTML5 and CSS3 for building responsive and modern web applications. 
• Familiarity with AI/Agents and an interest in Large Language Models (LLMs).

Additional Information

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.