AI QA Lead (B2B SaaS / AI Products) Europe

About the project We are looking for a hands-on AI QA Lead to join our client’s B2B SaaS product with AI-powered functionality. The development team actively works with AI agents, and we need a strong QA specialist who can own product quality, build a QA process that fits this way of working, and catch issues before they reach production. The engagement starts with a 4-week pilot. A successful pilot can lead to long-term cooperation and growth of the QA team. This is not a purely managerial role. We need someone who tests, analyzes changes and finds problems themselves. What you will do - Build and implement the product testing strategy - Define and introduce QA Gates for development and QA - clear quality criteria that changes must meet before merge and release - Shape test strategy independently based on user goals, tickets, previews and product context - Analyze requirements, spot gaps and ask the right clarifying questions - Identify risks and check related functionality that may be affected by changes - Perform functional, integration, regression and exploratory testing - Test AI features: evaluate system behavior, response quality and edge cases - Review pull requests and code changes from a QA risk perspective - Track issues through to fix, run retests and assess release readiness - Write clear, prioritized bug reports with steps to reproduce, expected and actual results - Give release recommendations, flag critical risks and clearly state what remains untested - Coordinate QA work and keep testing transparent for the team Requirements - 5+ years of commercial experience in Software QA - Experience as QA Lead or Senior QA Engineer - Hands-on experience testing AI/LLM-powered features in real SaaS products - Experience working in AI-driven teams (development with AI agents) and building testing processes for them - Strong background in B2B SaaS testing - Excellent exploratory and risk-based testing skills - Ability to understand complex products independently and decide on testing depth and priorities - Experience in API and integration testing - Understanding of code review from a QA perspective - Experience working directly with developers and Product Owners - Fluent English and strong communication skills Nice to have - Experience evaluating LLM output quality: consistency, hallucinations, unexpected model behavior - Test automation experience and a clear view of what is worth automating - German at a working level - Experience with European B2B SaaS teams What matters most The key criterion is independent product judgment. We are looking for someone who doesn’t wait for a ready test plan, but: - understands the user goal and decides how to verify it - sees problems beyond the written acceptance criteria - asks the right questions and finds missing information - finds risks in related scenarios and functionality - makes a well-argued release recommendation Hiring process Candidates who pass the initial screening will be offered a short paid practical assignment (about half a day). It helps us understand your real approach to testing, your independence and the quality of issues you find. Format: contract, starting with a 4-week paid pilot Workload: full-time during the pilot Location: Europe, remote Working hours: overlap with CET (approx. 10:00-17:00 Berlin time) Languages: English - Upper-Intermediate ; German is a plus