A Quality Assurance Lead reports to the Engineering Manager and is responsible for leading multiple QA teams/projects and be hands-on at the same time. You will work closely with Engineering and Product teams to create QA strategies and test plans, identify and troubleshoot defects, and will play a key role in the continuous improvement of our testing processes and standards.
The right candidate has strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, is self-driven, detailed while clear and concise, and focused on consistency and standardization while embracing change in an iterative, ever-evolving organization. This role will require the candidate to implement the appropriate automation techniques to meet the short and long-term goals of the engineering organization with accuracy.
Skill Set Required
Quality assurance expertise 3 years of minimum leading QA teams and 10 years of hands-on testing experience in manual and automation testing. Proven experience creating test strategies and test plans. Expertise in identifying the scope of automation and driving automation test development. Experience with API testing.
Technical experience - Proficiency in programming languages, such as JavaScript, Java, Python and must have the tools knowledge (section below)
Analytical skills Analytically examine bug reports, prioritize necessary tests, and streamline application functions through automated testing processes.
Attention to detail Being detail oriented is required as they test web and mobile applications to find ways to improve them and isolate problems.
Interpersonal & Communication skills Good interpersonal skills. Must be a team player. Need strong verbal & written communication skills to effectively collaborate with the engineering and leadership teams.
Tools Knowledge
Automation tools - Playwright, Selenium
Mobile automation testing tools for Android, iOS.
Continuous Integration tools - Jenkins, Bit bucket, Github
JIRA Defect tracking and task creation tool
Confluence, Share Point
Any Test Management tool
CI/CD QA automation - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery for automation workflows.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Reporting 70%
Document & implement overall testing strategy including Automation strategy for the team
Define, implement & monitor testing processes for all phases of testing cycle
Develop milestones, test plans and publish reports
Identify automation opportunities and actively champion to increase automation coverage/shift left
Onboard QA team and provide trainings
Represent QA in all forums & act as focal point of contact for the testing team
Monitor performance of the team while looking and improving ways of working
Partner closely with engineering and product leads and collaborate on finding efficiencies and identifying areas of improvement
Execution 30%
Actively participate in planning and strategy meetings for key initiatives
Work with engineers and project leads to triage and prioritize issues for resolution especially for strategic initiatives
Analyze requirements, use cases, design docs etc. and provide inputs from a testing point of view
Create test plans for strategic initiatives
Create, execute and review test cases for strategic initiatives
Creates and maintains automation tests and contributes to automation framework
Log, review and triage defects for strategic initiatives
Help Prod issues/live site testing when needed
Other Qualifications And Certifications
Experience in ecommerce applications is preferred
Work experience with offshore/nearshore/onshore model is a must
Experience With Scrum Is Preferred
Familiarity with Elixir and the Phoenix framework is preferred.
Key Measurement
The success of the role will be measured by the delivery of projects to time and quality and the efficient communication, management and support.
Job Circumstances
Be willing to work extended hours as required by the role and be available to occasionally implement systems out of business hours.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Quality Assurance
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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