Team Lead Quality Assurance (m/f/d) in Berlin or Konstanz

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Shape the quality assurance strategy and lead a skilled team to enhance product reliability and confidence across KNIME’s data analytics platforms.

Description

Too much data, not enough insight?
We get it. At KNIME, we build software that helps people clean, combine, and understand their data: fast, efficiently, and without code.

With our focus on Data Analytics & AI, we empower everyone to turn complex challenges into clear, actionable insights.
You can help make that happen.

We’re an open-source data analytics company and a globally recognized pioneer at the intersection of data and AI, with users in every industry, an international team from 30+ nationalities, and a thriving open community.

Join us as a Team Lead Quality Assurance in Berlin or Konstanz* and help us raise the bar for product quality across our platforms.

Who you are

Quality leader: You lead and coach engineers, prioritize quality risks, and clearly communicate trade-offs to product and engineering stakeholders.

End-to-end owner: You take ownership of product quality and turn ambiguous requirements into reliable verification strategies.

Modern QA mindset: You’re motivated to modernize testing, reduce flakiness, establish strong release gates, and support fast but safe continuous delivery.

Platform-aware: You understand the challenges of both SaaS/multi-tenant platforms and on-premises installations and design QA practices for each.

Hands-on technologist: You bring strong experience in test automation (web, API, backend), CI/CD integration, and performance and scalability testing.

Technical mentor: You write and review test code (Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript), understand cloud and container environments, and help junior engineers grow.

Tool-flexible: You’re comfortable working with—or learning—tools like Robot Framework, k6, or Testpad.

Experienced: You have 7+ years in QA, including at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.

That's the job

Define QA strategy: Act as the senior quality technologist and people leader, defining and driving an end-to-end QA strategy across the tech stack.

Automation & CI/CD ownership: Own the automation architecture and work with DevOps and CloudOps to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Release confidence: Lead a team that delivers traceable, reliable release evidence for both SaaS and on-premises deployments.

Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, DevSecOps, and CloudOps to embed testing early and increase release confidence.

Team growth: Strengthen QA capabilities through mentoring, hiring, and continuous improvement.

What we offer

High-impact role: Shape how quality is built, measured, and shipped across KNIME’s products.

Leadership & ownership: Lead a skilled QA team with real influence on product and release decisions.

Collaboration-first culture: Work in an open, international environment with strong engineering standards.

Learning: Grow your leadership and technical skills alongside experienced engineers and QA professionals.

Flexibility: Hybrid work options and flexible hours to support work-life balance.

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Flexible Work Hours: Hybrid work options and flexible hours to support work-life balance.
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