Description
**Vice President:** Chief Information Officer
**Directorate:** Directorate of Planning, Quality, and Automation
**Work Location:** São Paulo \- SP or Curitiba (Remote)
As the Software Quality Owner, your challenges will go far beyond planning, building, and executing manual and automated tests. After all, we know failures are inevitable; therefore, the sooner they are detected, the faster they can be resolved.
With a critical eye and keen attention to detail, we seek Quality Engineers to actively participate in all stages of project lifecycles and to assume responsibility for ensuring the quality of every code segment produced by developers within your SQUAD, as well as guaranteeing that customer requirements are fully met.
**Responsibilities and Duties**
* Develop and maintain manual and automated testing strategies across all levels.
* Be responsible for end-to-end testing of projects across all involved platforms.
* Create and execute test plans and test cases for application functionalities.
* Ensure test coverage, prioritize test executions, and report progress and results to teams.
* Enhance QA productivity through automation, tools, and best practices.
* Promote a quality culture across the entire organization.
* Collaborate with Telefônica development teams in Brazil and globally.
* Lead the design, development, and evolution of automation architecture (UI, API, integration).
* Ensure strategic application of the test pyramid across products and squads.
* Define organizational testing standards, guidelines, and governance.
* Support architectural decisions with a focus on testability, quality, and resilience.
* Implement Shift Left practices, ensuring quality from the inception phase.
* Integrate AI into the testing strategy (test case generation, autonomous testing, risk-based prioritization, auto-healing).
* Conduct risk, impact, and technical coverage analyses.
* Work in complex environments involving microservices, messaging systems, and high availability.
* Lead organizational quality initiatives within a SAFe context.
* Mentor professionals at various levels and support the team’s technical growth.
* Influence product roadmaps, architecture, and quality strategies.
**Requirements and Qualifications**
* Experience with functional, black-box, white-box, and instrumented testing.
* Hands-on experience creating and executing UI test plans.
* Experience in regression, unit, API, integration, and security testing.
* Experience testing desktop, web, and mobile applications.
* Knowledge of agile methodologies and SDLC best practices.
* Clear communication with technical, managerial, and stakeholder teams for requirement gathering and test planning.
* Strong analytical capability and problem-solving focus.
* Customer-centric mindset and commitment to excellence in the end-user experience.
* Solid interpersonal, collaborative, and teamwork skills.
* Resilience and willingness to continuously learn.
* Ability to challenge conventions and propose creative solutions.
* Remote position requiring residence in São Paulo \- SP or Curitiba \- PR.
Advanced Technical Differentiators
* Completed undergraduate degree in technology-related fields (Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related disciplines).
* Advanced expertise in test automation (UI and API) and test architecture.
* In-depth knowledge of the test pyramid and its strategic large-scale application.
* Robust experience with languages such as Java, JavaScript, and Python.
* Deep understanding of CI/CD and complex pipelines.
* Experience with distributed environments, microservices, and critical integrations.
* Mastery of Shift Left practices and risk-oriented quality approaches.
* Experience applying AI to testing: code generation, failure detection, prioritization, and intelligent automation.
* Proven experience with SAFe or other scaled agile frameworks.
Desirable Differentiators \- Certifications:
* ISTQB CTAL Test Manager / Technical Test Analyst (Advanced)
* SAFe Practitioner / SAFe Agilist
* DevOps certifications
* Advanced automation certifications
* Demonstrated experience leading quality governance across multiple products.
* Experience with contract testing, observability, resilience, and chaos engineering.
* Prior involvement in agile transformation initiatives.
**Additional Information**
At Vivo, we spare no effort in supporting and valuing our employees—not only offering excellent benefits but also flexible ones.
* **Here’s what we offer you:**
* Choose the ideal benefit for you and your dependents via a digital platform featuring multiple categories: Gym, Meal Voucher (VR), Food Voucher (VA), Pharmacy Allowance, Medical Assistance, Dental Assistance, and Life Insurance;
* Corporate mobile phone. Yes—a brand-new smartphone for you!
* Unlimited voice and data plan! Yes—unlimited! With the best mobile network, even faster thanks to Vivo’s 5G!
* An exclusive Vivo offer with special discounts on landline, broadband, TV, and apps;
* Eligibility for annual Bonus or Profit-Sharing Plan (PPR);
* Plan your future with our Private Pension Plan;
* Have children? You’ll receive a subsidy to help cover school, daycare, or nanny expenses;
* Work in an environment that respects your personality, your dress style, your way of being—and where you can be authentic. \#VemdeVocê
* Work remotely. \#FullMobility
* Enjoy flexible working hours;
* Take a day off (Day Off) to celebrate your birthday;
* Participate in one of the largest corporate volunteer programs, empowering you to transform the world;
* Access our Educational Development Program, offering partnerships with educational institutions (with discounts), certifications, and online courses;
* Accelerate your career through our Internal Recruitment Program—within Brazil or abroad, as we operate in over 17 countries! \#VivoMinhaCarreira
* Benefit from numerous initiatives designed to improve your physical, emotional, and social well-being! Here, we have \#VivoBemEstar, encouraging our team to adopt healthy habits and enjoy a higher quality of life! Our employees have access to consultations with nutritionists, psychologists, social workers, telemedicine, and much more!
All our positions are open to people with disabilities and/or rehabilitated individuals. We foster a culture that values diversity, differences, and individual potential!
\#VivoDiversidade
We are part of Telefônica Group, Brazil’s telecommunications leader. We operate with the purpose of **Digitalizing to Connect** people, businesses, and society as a whole—building a more connected nation and transforming the lives of Brazilians. We aim to expand autonomy, personalization, and real-time choices for our customers, placing them in control of their digital lives—securely and reliably—all backed by Vivo’s renowned quality.
To achieve this, we lead a digital transformation and are revolutionizing our company from within. We’ve implemented agile methodologies across the entire organization, seeking innovative and collaborative ways of working. We actively cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment that stimulates creativity, drives innovation, and increases engagement.
We believe that **diversity**—in people, experiences, cultures, behaviors, skills, and attitudes—is a key differentiator, reflecting the society in which we live. We maintain a robust internal program grounded in five pillars: Gender, LGBTI\+, Race, Persons with Disabilities (PcD), and 50\+, ensuring a more inclusive culture and a more diverse, representative workplace. We are a **technology** company inspired by diversity and **innovation**, providing space for everyone, supporting and embracing differences.
We believe the path to delivering the best customer experience begins with delivering an excellent employee experience.
**\#VemPraVivo**