Lead QA Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 9 job postings with the title “Lead QA Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Playwright, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17

Postings · last 90 days
9
Demand vs prior month
down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Costa Rica

Get a daily email digest of new Lead QA Engineer jobs

Skillenai aggregates lead qa engineer jobs from across the open web. Click below and we'll open a pre-filled daily digest — change the cadence to hourly or weekly if you prefer, then save. Free account required (~30 seconds).

Frequently asked questions about Lead QA Engineer jobs

+How many Lead QA Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 9 job postings with the title “Lead QA Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Lead QA Engineer jobs require?

Across Lead QA Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Playwright, test strategy, integration testing, shift-left testing, CI/CD.

+Which cities are hiring the most Lead QA Engineer?

As of 2026-05-17, Lead QA Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Rica, Delhi, Quartier Latin, Uk.

+Is Lead QA Engineer a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 9 Lead QA Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 71% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Lead QA Engineer postings is Playwright, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

+How can I track new Lead QA Engineer job postings as they’re indexed?

Skillenai sends a daily email digest of new Lead QA Engineer postings indexed across the open web. Subscribe from your account dashboard after creating a free Skillenai account.

Weekly Lead QA Engineer postings — last 90 days

Skills most often required for Lead QA Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Playwright49.8%
test strategy49.8%
integration testing49.8%
shift-left testing37.3%
CI/CD37.3%
Python37.3%
test automation37.3%
Regression testing37.3%
accessibility testing24.9%
Test case design24.9%
Test automation frameworks24.9%
Docker24.9%
API testing24.9%
unit testing24.9%
Selenium24.9%

Top metros hiring Lead QA Engineer

NamePostingsShare
Costa Rica240.0%
Delhi120.0%
Quartier Latin120.0%
Uk120.0%

Don't miss a new Lead QA Engineer posting

Same one-click setup as above, plus you can pull the underlying data into your own coding agent via the Skillenai API.

Explore related pages

How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Lead QA Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Lead QA Engineer
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-05-17
window_days
90
Hiring for Lead QA Engineer?

The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.

Skillenai for recruiters →
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index