Software Test Lead

B. Braun is one of the world’s leading providers and manufacturers of healthcare solutions today. Every service that B. Braun provides incorporates the entirety of our knowledge and skills, the company’s deep understanding of users’ needs, and extensive expertise since 1839.

In B. Braun we are Sharing Expertise to protect and improve the health of people around the world.

As our Software Test Lead, you will own the strategy for testing our cloud-native SaaS applications and ensure they meet high standards of reliability, performance, and compliance.

This is more than a testing role – you will be a strategic leader, shaping our QA processes, defining our technology stack, and pioneering the use of AI in our workflows. By mentoring a talented team of QA engineers and embedding quality into our CI/CD pipelines, you will directly impact the speed and confidence with which we deploy software that improves healthcare.

Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• You own and evolve test strategies, frameworks, and quality standards for cloud-based healthcare software.

• You drive integration of AI and automation into testing workflows to improve efficiency and coverage.

• You serve as quality advocate in architecture decisions, risk assessments, and release planning.

• You collaborate closely with development, operations, product, and quality management teams to embed quality throughout the SDLC.

Team Development

• You lead, coach, and grow QA/Test engineers; run 1:1s, feedback, and development plans; set clear goals and review performance.

• You foster a culture of quality excellence and continuous improvement across engineering teams

Operational Excellence

• You own and optimize test processes, including automation, manual testing, and CI/CD integration.

• You establish metrics, reporting and quality gates that enable frequent, reliable deployments.

• You ensure comprehensive test documentation, defect tracking, and transparent status reporting across projects.

Professional competencies

• Strong leadership and communication skills.

• Experience in software testing (manual and automated), ideally in healthcare or regulated environments.

• Strong background in cloud-based SaaS testing (performance, smoke, canary and A/B releases, scalability).

• Familiarity with modern test tools, frameworks, and methodologies (e.g. Playwright, GoLang test runner, SonarQube, Postman).

• Familiarity with relevant regulations in the healthcare industry is a plus (ISO 13485, IEC 62304, MDR, FHIR, etc.).

• Solid understanding of agile and DevSecOps practices.

• Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and manage multiple priorities.

Personal competencies

• You are a proactive, results-oriented personality with strong problem-solving skills.

• You excel at building relationships and collaborating across distributed, multidisciplinary teams.

• You are self-motivated and balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

• You possess a passion for technology and a desire to continuously learn and grow.

• You stay productive and capable of acting even in critical situations.

• You communicate fluently in English. It would be a plus if you have knowledge in German.

What we offer

• Friendly team-centric atmosphere

• Encouraging a healthy lifestyle and work-life balance

• Access and work on the latest advancements in healthcare and software industry

• An honest, committed and positive culture

• Freedom to make your own decisions and have your opinion heard

• Training and conferences access and team events

• 25 days annual paid leave

• Home office policy (work from home up to 75% of the time)

• Additional health insurance including dental expenses

• Multisport cards

• Transportation allowance

• Digital food vouchers

• А modern office with nice recreational areas

Established in 2017, Software R&D Hub Sofia is expanding its team. We are inviting you to become an integral part of B. Braun and join our growing team of passionate, talented and creative people in Sofia.

Having fun and building great relationships with our teams and our customers plays a central role in the company culture.

If you see yourself as part of our team, get in touch. Send us your CV and reference the position you are applying for.

We would be more than happy to meet you and further discuss our potential partnership!