Lead QA Engineer

Required Skills

Over 7 years of experience in QA engineering, including leadership roles in managing complex QA projects

Strong coding skills in JavaScript with extensive experience using Mocha, Chai, Selenium, cypress/playwright for testing

Outstanding leadership skills with the ability to guide and inspire a team

Familiarity with Agile and Scrum methodologies

Experience in video metadata ingestion, especially relating to Comcast or similar platforms, is highly desirable

ISTQB certification is a plus but not required

Experience with Jira Xray or other test case management tools

Knowledge of GitHub, CI, and DevOps practices

Scrum certifications

Roles And Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and manage QA strategies and processes to ensure high quality and reliability of software

Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers in writing, executing, and fixing integration tests

Proactively analyze current coding and requirements to identify and mitigate risks before they impact production

Collaborate with development teams to ensure test cases are created in alignment with user requirements

Deliver detailed project reports and maintain communication with stakeholders to ensure project timelines are met

Manage production issues by leading rapid response efforts to diagnose and resolve urgent bugs

Develop tests to prevent similar issues from reoccurring and enhance the stability of production environments

Foster an environment of continuous improvement by introducing innovation and best practices in QA processes

Perform acceptance testing/business validation to ensure developed features are working as per specifications

Build a self-managed, cross-functional team within an Agile/Scrum environment

Play a key role in project management, keeping the team focused and aligned with overall business objectives