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QA Lead
Requirements
- Risk Management:Identify, communicate, and vigilantly track quality risks, gaps, and issues.
- Stakeholder Communication:Keep stakeholder groups informed about testing progress and steer triage meetings.
- Requirement Validation:Scrutinize and validate software and business requirements.
- Traceability:Maintain a clear traceability path from requirements to functional tests and defect lists.
- Metrics Development:Create insightful metrics to gauge and oversee product performance.
- QA Process Augmentation:Establish, document, and elevate QA processes, offering guidance to team members.
- Quality Metrics:Define quality metrics and measure test effectiveness and efficiency.
- Conversion Testing:Take the lead in planning and executing tests for admin system conversions.
- Test Strategy:Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies across diverse products and platforms.
- Quality-Centric Culture:Cultivate a culture of quality in engineering to expedite product releases with unwavering confidence.
- Release Stewardship:Serve as the primary point of contact for all quality facets of releases.
- Test Plan Management:Develop, maintain, and operationalize test plans.
- Process Evolution:Drive the evolution of QA processes to bolster testing scalability.
- Issue Prioritization:Collaborate effectively with engineers and project leads to prioritize and manage issues.
- Defect Management:Report and track defects, coordinate with developers to resolve issues, and ensure timely defect closure.
- Training:Manage training programs such as Bootcamps or internal courses
- Mentorship:Guide and mentor fellow QA teammates and level up Junior and Trainee QAs.
Requirements:
- Application Testing:Proficiency in testing web and client-server applications.
- Database Knowledge:Understanding NoSQL concepts and SQL-based testing.
- Test Engineering:3+ years of quality assurance and test engineering experience.
- Lead Experience:2+ years of experience Leading teams of QAs (or being the main point of contact for the team).
- Process Compliance:Experience ensuring software QA practices related to design and code reviews.
- Test Planning:Ability to oversee the development of System and Integration Test plans.
- Test Deliverables:Proficiency in creating test plans, test cases, test data, and traceability matrices.
- Defect Management:Experience in capturing, reviewing, prioritizing, and triaging defects.
- Reporting:Ability to report to Delivery Lead and track overall status and QA governance/QA Manager.
- Coordination:Experience in onshore and offshore coordination.
- Development Methodologies:Strong understanding of software development methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
Nice to Have:
- Additional certifications or training in quality assurance and testing methodologies.
- Previous experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).
- Experience with Accessibility Testing.
- Proficiency in test automation frameworks and tools.
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Outstanding communication and leadership abilities.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Fully Remote Work! 🏡
- Payments in USD 💰
- Work with an international team and clients! 🌎