About the role

The QA Automation Associate Tech Lead oversees multiple product QA teams for automation testing, ensuring the quality of various applications. Responsibilities include creating automation frameworks, test planning, defect logging, and mentoring test engineers.

What they look for

Test Automation Selenium SQL Performance Testing Defect Management Agile Waterfall User Interface Design Exploratory Testing Test Strategy Automation Frameworks Regression Testing Load Testing Coaching Communication Leadership

Requirements

Candidates should have over 7 years of experience in testing and automation, with a strong background in various testing tools and methodologies. A background in Computer Science, IT, or a related field is required.

Full description

The person in this position is responsible for overseeing multiple product QA teams for automation testing. This person is responsible for assuring the quality of various applications, including developing appropriate testing strategies.

This individual works in partnership with developers, business analysts, and project managers to verify the conformance of solutions to requirements. The role relies upon test automation tools.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for creating and working with automation frameworks to perform testing on applications through automated scripts
Responsible for test planning, test automation, test environment setup/teardown, exploratory testing, defect logging and verification
Responsible for creating test strategy, automation setups based on project requirements for automating testing efforts, regression, performance, load testing, etc.
Reviews client requirements and provides feedback on their testability
Reviews code/scripts/work done by other automation resources and provides feedback
Reviews and re-evaluates the test strategies to adjust to changing risks, shifting priorities, and schedules
Oversees testing of software features: implementation and execution of functional, regression, and acceptance tests through automation
Oversees the creation and maintenance of automated test data and test documentation
Leads/mentors test engineers and shares knowledge to make sure QA staff meet the technical qualifications required for their positions
Participates in recruiting new staff, conducting interviews, and evaluating potential candidates
Works with clients to evaluate and implement new technologies, offering strategies for improving their testing processes
Assists executive staff in setting the direction for assuring the quality of the software we produce within the organization
Collaborates with various teams to resolve bugs and issues identified during testing
Assists in coaching junior staff, providing feedback, delegating tasks, and helping them develop testing skills
Documents all work performed

The ideal candidate for the position should have the following qualifications and skills:

Technical Qualifications:

Experience in testing various application features, services, and user interfaces
Experience in test automation and creating repeatable, maintainable, automated test suites
Experience in performance testing, SQL queries, Selenium, Shell programming, MS Test, etc.
Experience working with Selenium, Test-Complete, QTP, Performance and Web Service testing tools - JMeter, Soap UI and any other tools etc.
Experience in communicating with clients
Understanding MS Test, NUnit, Junit, TestNG, Karma, Protractor, Jasmine, Chai, Mocha, and/or any other Unit testing framework
Understanding of test-driven development & behavior driven development
Understanding of software development lifecycle and best practices
Understanding of Agile and Waterfall processes
Understanding of user interface design
Knowledge of software quality assurance best practices & methodologies
Familiarity with various defect management systems
Familiarity with working with AI tools

Personal Skills:

Ability to communicate technical aspects to people with a non-IT background
Ability to act as a liaison between QA and development teams
Ability to ensure that solutions developed by technical teams fit the business needs
Ability to offer alternative approaches to achieve the client’s goals
Ability to analyze complex situations and manage all variables to achieve optimal solutions
Ability to act on the information provided or get the information needed so that decisions for project implementations can be made quickly and effectively
Ability to be a leader by example
Ability to define and prioritize short-term and long-term objectives for the teams and make necessary corrections under changing circumstances

Education and Work Experience:

Background in CS, IT, or related scientific discipline
The candidate should have over 7 years of working experience or equivalent education and experience