Principal, Corporate Functions Quality Engineering Lead (Sofia, BG)

Shape how quality is engineered across mission-critical financial platforms. 

This is a rare opportunity to lead Quality Engineering at scale, driving intelligent automation, embedding quality into every stage of delivery, and redefining how enterprise systems are tested, validated, and trusted. You’ll operate across a diverse technology landscape spanning banking, finance, and corporate platforms, bringing together modern QE practices, AI-driven insights, and deep domain expertise to ensure resilience, accuracy, and performance where it matters most. 

If you’re passionate about transforming quality from a checkpoint into a strategic engineering capability, and want to make a visible impact in a complex, regulated environment, this is your moment. 

What You’ll Do 

• Define and lead Quality Engineering strategy across a large portfolio of enterprise systems (finance, banking, corporate, web platforms). 
• Embed automation-first testing into CI/CD pipelines, covering functional, regression, reconciliation, and interface validation. 
• Align QA practices with regulatory frameworks (SOX, DORA, IFRS) and modern delivery models (Agile, DevOps, QA‑Ops). 
• Partner with business domain experts to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and financial validation are built into test strategies. 
• Design test data and environment strategies for complex financial scenarios (e.g., payments, GL postings, month-end processes). 
• Drive innovation in testing using AI/ML techniques, performance engineering, and resilience validation. 
• Elevate engineering maturity through shift-left/right testing, automation frameworks, and continuous improvement. 

Need to Have - Your Essentials 

• Strong leadership experience in Quality Engineering / QA within enterprise environments 
• Proven experience delivering QE across Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD ecosystems 
• Deep knowledge of test automation, frameworks, and quality strategy design 
• Experience embedding testing into pipelines using tools like Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows 
• Strong background in financial systems or regulated environments 
• Knowledge of frameworks such as SOX, DORA, IFRS, and QA governance alignment 
• Experience defining and managing test data, environments, and complex scenarios 
• Hands-on experience in performance, scalability, and resilience testing (e.g., JMeter, k6, Locust) 
• Familiarity with chaos engineering / resilience testing approaches 
• Strong understanding of branching strategies (GitFlow, Bitbucket, etc.) and quality controls in CI/CD 
• Ability to influence stakeholders and embed quality across business and engineering teams 
• Excellent communication skills and strategic mindset 

Nice to Have 

• ISTQB Advanced Test Manager (or equivalent) 
• ITIL v3/v4 Foundation or experience aligning QA with service management practices 
• Experience applying AI/ML in Quality Engineering (test optimisation, defect prediction, analytics) 
• Familiarity with NIST CSF or other cybersecurity frameworks 
• Broad exposure to enterprise systems (GL, AP, Treasury, front/back-office platforms) 
• Experience scaling QE practices across large, complex organisations 

Why You’ll Love This Role 

Because this is more than QA leadership. 

This is about redefining how quality is engineered across an entire organisation. 

You’ll influence how critical financial systems are validated, how risk is reduced, and how engineering teams deliver with confidence at scale. From AI-powered testing to resilience engineering, you’ll be at the forefront of modern QE transformation. 

If you want ownership, impact, and the opportunity to build a best-in-class Quality Engineering capability, this is where you make your mark! 

What is it like to work at the EBRD? / About EBRD 

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

At EBRD, our Values – Inclusiveness, Innovation, Trust, and Responsibility – are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up, collaborating smartly, acting decisively with full commitment, and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work, fostering a positive and high-performing environment. 

The EBRD environment provides you with: 

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in. 
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients, shareholders, and counterparties effectively.
• We offer hybrid and flexible working arrangements and believe we operate at our best when collaborating 3 days a week in person (minimum).
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do. 
• A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits. 

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does.

As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background or disability.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).