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As our product and engineering teams scale, we are shifting our testing paradigm: automated testing must become a daily, self-service engineering tool rather than a bottleneck owned by a dedicated team.\nWe are looking for a Staff/Lead SDET to take technical ownership of our internal test automation tooling and make this vision a reality.\nWhy this role exists\nYour core mission is to empower product QA teams. 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(Where needed, help define engineering roles and participate in hiring/onboarding).\n\nWho You Are We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in long-term ownership of internal platforms.\nPython Expert: You regularly write, debug, and maintain Python code for libraries, frameworks, SDKs, or internal tools.\n\nPlatform Builder: You have designed or substantially evolved a framework/SDK used by multiple teams, bringing it to a point where teams can use it independently.\n\nAPI Designer: You know how to build stable public APIs over existing SDKs, hiding low-level details from the end-user.\n\nCross-Functional Driver: You’ve successfully worked with backend, client, or framework teams to deliver testability capabilities, driving changes even when you don't directly manage the teams.\n\nCI/CD & Diagnostics Guru: You have integrated automated checks into CI quality gates with robust reproducibility and diagnostics.\n\nAI Adopter: You leverage LLMs and coding agents to investigate codebases, develop tooling, or create tests efficiently.\n\nDeep Domain Expertise: You have profound hands-on experience in at least one of the following (and can take technical responsibility for the other):\nClient/UI automation: Drivers, custom/non-native UI, synchronization, and sub-UI checks.\n\nBackend/integration tooling: Python clients/SDKs, protocols, sessions, fixtures, and test state.\n\nNice to Have (Bonus Points)\nExperience in both client/UI and backend/integration tooling.\n\nBackground in modernizing legacy automation and conducting incremental user migrations.\n\nExperience with complex test lifecycles (data isolation, flaky checks, state management).\n\nExperience in GameDev or complex live-service products (Unity, Cocos/Axmol, WebGL).\n\nFamiliarity with Selenium, Appium, Playwright, XCUITest, Android ADB, or iOS infrastructure.\n\nExperience with asynchronous Python, typed models (Pydantic, mypy), or schema-based code generation.\n\nWhy to join:\nLive & Work in Sunny Cyprus: We’re an office-first team in Limassol with a modern seaside workspaces. We provide full relocation and visa support for you and your family.\n\nIndustry-Leading Rewards: High salaries, a 13th salary, performance bonuses, extra rewards for life milestones (marriage, babies, long service), daily breakfast and lunch.\n\nFamily Support: Private family health insurance, plus a highly competitive monthly allowance for your children’s pre-school, school, and university education.\n\nShape a Global Hit: Work on a Top-10 global mobile 4X strategy game that has grown 25x in revenue and audience over 5 years.\n\nRock-Solid Stability: We operate at startup speed but with zero history of lay-offs. We are independent, financially secure, and boast a 99% employee satisfaction rate.\n\nCulture & Growth: A flat structure where the best ideas win and transparency rules. 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