As a corporate startup of ÖBB, it is our mission to make the diversity of mobility easily accessible throughout Austria. With the Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform and the “wegfinder” app, both developed and operated by us, we connect users and stakeholders of the mobility ecosystem. With wegfinder, users can plan journeys, compare and combine different mobility options, and book public transport, sharing services, and other forms of mobility directly within the app.

As QA Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our platform and mobile applications. You will lead the QA function within the organization, mentor the QA team, and work closely with developers, product owners and management to continuously improve our quality assurance processes. In this role you will combine hands-on testing experience with leadership and process ownership, helping to ensure that wegfinder delivers a reliable experience to users across Austria

Your Job, you...

• will lead and mentor the QA team, foster collaboration, knowledge sharing and professional growth.
• are working on defining and evolving the overall testing strategy for backend services and mobile applications, including feature testing, regression testing, smoke testing and exploratory testing.
• will ensure QA processes and practices are consistently applied across cross-functional delivery teams and continuously improved.
• will coordinate release preparation together with the Product Owners and the engineering teams, ensuring releases are properly validated before deployment.
• define, monitor and maintain QA-related KPIs to identify quality gaps and drive continuous improvement.
• are providing hands-on support for testing activities when required, contributing to manual and automated testing efforts and analyze production incidents and hotfixes to identify root causes and drive systemic quality improvements.
• monitor the quality and operational performance of mobility and transport system integrations in production and organize and coordinate field testing activities, focusing on identifying and resolving real user-facing issues.

Your Profile, you...

• have experience leading and mentoring QA professionals within cross-functional software
  development teams and several years of hands-on experience in software testing, including manual testing of mobile applications (Android and iOS).
• possess a strong understanding of modern testing strategies, including regression, exploratory, and automation-based testing approaches.
• have a strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify systemic issues and drive sustainable improvements.
• ideally bring experience with test automation tools and test management platforms.
• have good communication skills and the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to different audiences.
• Our Tools:
  • Native Android and iOS applications
  • Maestro UI Testing automation, Tricentis Test Management, Charles Proxy
  • Jira, Confluence, Slack

Our offer

• We follow a hybrid work model, spending a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, the remaining days working from home.
• Our modern office is conveniently located at walking distance from main station Vienna (SBahn, U1, 13A, Tram D, train, bus).
• You will receive a smartphone and notebook (MacBook) for both work and personal use.
• Monthly €50 mobility budget for private use in the wegfinder app.
• Opportunity to work with a passionate, innovative, international team in very pleasant working atmosphere.
• For this full-time position (38.5 hours per week), the monthly minimum salary, as per the collective agreement (travel agency), is established at €2.225,- gross (14x annually). Donʼt worry, your actual salary will be competitive, individually negotiated based on your qualifications and experience.

Are You Interested?

If you want to shape the future of sustainable mobility in Austria, send your resume along with a letter of motivation.