QA Lead

Responsibilities:        

• Team Leaders:

1.  Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing guidance, support, and training.
2. Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.
3. Conduct performance reviews and set individual and team goals.
4. Test strategy & Planning:

• Develop and implement comprehensive test plans for both manual and automated testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and design effective test strategies.
• Test Automation

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.
• Ensure automation coverage for critical features and regression testing.
• Manual Testing

• Perform manual testing as needed, especially for exploratory testing, usability testing, and complex scenarios.
• Review and enhance manual testing processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Test Execution

• Coordinate and execute test plans, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of test results.
• Identify and report defects with detailed information, including steps to reproduce.
• Collaboration

• Work closely with development teams to understand the product architecture and design effective testing strategies.
• Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with business objectives.
• Continuous Improvement
• Implement and advocate for best practices in testing and quality assurance.

Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the continuous improvement of the QA team.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Proven experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.).
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test cases.
• Familiarity with version control systems and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• ISTQB or similar certification.
• Experience with performance testing and security testing.
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java) for automation.

Previous experience in a leadership or managerial role