Lead QA Engineer Python

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

We are looking for an experienced QA Lead to guide and coach a QA & Test team within an agile environment, ensuring high-quality delivery across complex manufacturing systems.

You will design and execute functional, non-functional, integration, and regression test cases, analyse results, manage defects, and communicate quality risks. A key focus will be driving test automation and continuously improving testing processes.

The ideal candidate brings prior experience as a QA Lead and has a strong understanding of agile development methodologies. They combine a detail-oriented mindset with the ability to see both the finer technical aspects and the broader system impact.

You have hands-on experience in test automation, with strong expertise in Python, Playwright, and Robot Framework, and are comfortable leading quality initiatives while remaining technically involved. You are proactive, analytical, and committed to continuously improving testing practices and overall software quality.

You are a strong communicator, collaborative team player, and proactive problem-solver with a growth mindset and a passion for improving quality and staying current with new technologies.

Responsibilities

Guide, coordinate and coach the QA & Test team in their day-to-day operations.

Review requirements for complex manufacturing processes

Create test cases systematically using test analysis techniques

Create functional and non-functional, as well as integration test cases

Execute test cases and analyse test results

Implement automated testing

Implement testing procedures

Perform thorough regression testing

Identification of error sources and reporting defects

Communicate and Track any quality risks, gaps or issues

Review requirements, specifications, a