QA Automation Associate Tech Lead

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.

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