Head of QA

The role

The Head of QA will design, develop, execute, and maintain testing solutions across the full software development lifecycle. This person will test complex backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and user-facing applications to ensure software reliability.

What you will do

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain effective testing solutions across the full software development lifecycle
• Test complex backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and user-facing applications
• Take ownership of quality and proactively identify risks
• Work closely with engineers and product teams to prevent issues before they reach production
• Manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 6 years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, test automation, or software engineering
• Experience designing and executing test plans, test cases, and testing strategies for complex software systems
• Experience testing backend services, APIs, databases, and web applications
• Experience with automated testing using languages or frameworks such as Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Pytest, or equivalent
• Experience identifying, documenting, troubleshooting, and communicating software defects
• Self-driven, highly motivated, high agency

Nice to have

• 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or software engineering
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Experience across the full product lifecycle, including gathering requirements, reviewing technical designs, defining quality criteria, implementation, release validation, and production monitoring
• Experience testing highly scalable backend architectures, distributed systems, asynchronous workflows, data pipelines, and cloud-based applications
• Strong understanding of API testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, regression testing, performance testing, reliability testing, and AI testing
• Experience with SQL databases, NoSQL databases, blob storage, message queues, and event-driven systems
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and improving test coverage, test reliability, and release confidence
• Understanding of cloud architecture, infrastructure, observability, and the failure modes of distributed systems
• Ability to investigate production issues using logs, metrics, traces, database queries, and other debugging tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineering, product, design, and customer-facing teams across locations

Benefits

• Stock options and/or RSUs
• Steep career growth opportunities
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Flat hierarchies and open feedback culture

Before you apply

• Previous work references might be required and checked
• AI-generated applications will be automatically rejected
• Physical presence in Prague is required

About the company

Myriad is an engineering-driven company building a reliable and scalable AI-powered platform for US regulatory compliance. It is a multi-homed company with offices in Prague and San Francisco.