About the role
We’re seeking a Lead QA Engineer to spearhead our quality assurance efforts. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in driving the QA lifecycle, developing test strategies, and leading a team towards delivering high-quality software releases. Your expertise will ensure the implementation of effective test plans, automation frameworks, and continuous integration processes. This position offers the opportunity to innovate in testing methodologies and play a key role in our product development cycle, contributing significantly to the enhancement of software quality and team efficiency.
Role & Responsibilities
- Drive the software quality assurance lifecycle within the Agile process.
- Establish and coordinate test strategies with development/product teams.
- Design and implement test plans and test cases.
- Mentor and instruct QA team members, helping them make decisions and solve problems.
- Contribute to the maintenance and development of mobile test automation frameworks for Android and iOS.
- Develop and execute automated UI and functional tests on real devices and emulators.
- Review test results daily and report issues.
- Enhance and maintain automated CI flows.
- Troubleshoot issues in systems under test.
- Manage meetings, set goals, provide feedback on testing tasks, and delegate testing responsibilities.
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test in a production environment.
- Ability to multi-task, proactive in project planning and requirements gathering.
- Excellent English communication skills, especially written.
- Proficiency in mobile or web application testing.
- Experience in programming languages such as Java, Groovy, Ruby, Python, or JavaScript.
- Extensive experience with Appium or Selenium WebDriver.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks like TestNG, JUnit, or Cucumber.
- Comfortable with Git, and CI processes using tools like Jenkins, JIRA.
- Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases.
- Attention to detail and ability to diagnose complex issues in application testing.
- Bonus for leadership experience, native mobile testing frameworks, and micro-services architecture knowledge.