Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Location

Bangalore | India

Job description

• Lead the team on overall testing approaches, and strategies.

• Familiarity with Mobile Test Strategy and work experience in testing/handling Android iOS apps.
• Establish, maintain, and oversee all aspects of QA processes and methodologies to ensure effectiveness and alignment to industry best practices.
• Prepare, review, and maintain testing documents (test plan, test cases, test reports,) to ensure complete test coverage.
• Manage proper executions by the QA team on different types of testing (Functional, integration, E2E, etc)
• Perform QA testing activities as required (test case preparation, testing, execution, environment setup, installation, etc)
• Facilitate and lead regular QA team meetings or triage calls across all products.
• Prioritize testing activities.
• Efficient management of QA resources across multiple projects
• Provide strategic testing initiatives for projects to introduce efficient techniques and test productivity improvement.
• Manage risks and deliverables to ensure that testing activities remain within agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.
• Responsible for reporting metrics, test reports, plans, and problems
• Work and collaborate with other PODs across different locations and companies to achieve organizational objectives when needed.
• Provide effort and estimates of testing activities required for the projects or deliverables when needed.
• Manage or prepare demo presentations for projects deliverables when needed.
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs.
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.
• Monitor debugging process results.
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions.
• Implementing testing procedures and overseeing the QA process.
• Troubleshooting quality issues and modifying test procedures
• Conducting analysis checks on product specifications
• Responding to requests from internal teams and management
• Document test procedures to ensure repeatability and compliance with standards.
• Execute manual test campaigns (including replay) and hotfix tests.
• Document software defects, monitor the progress in a timely manner, escalate aging and priority defects.
• Present test coverage matrix (link test requirements to test case)
• Ensuring the team are on track in meeting year objectives.
• Following Manual teams progress through 1-2-1 meetings.

Skills:

• Proven work experience as a Quality Assurance Test Lead
• Strong Knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and testing cases.
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• High-level analytical skills / Critical thinker
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Tool Knowledge: Jira, Zephyr, confluence considered advantageous.
• Web and Mobile software architecture knowledge. Appium experience is added knowledge.
• Leadership experience is a plus.
• ISTQB Certified

Soft Skills:

• English proficiency
• Avid Communicator
• Organized, proactive, and results driven.
• End User Empathy and Understanding of Business Strategy
• Adaptability

Education

Bachelors degree in related field

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