Regional QA Lead - JTek Software Solutions Pvt Ltd

Role: Regional QA Lead

Location: US

Experience: 10

Job Description:

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.

Quality Assurance,Leadership,Testing,Risk assessment,Elixir,Scrum,e commerce
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