Qa Lead

Job Description:

We are hiring an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead our QA efforts. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our software products through comprehensive testing, implementing best practices, and leading a team of QA engineers. The role involves coordinating testing activities, enhancing automation frameworks, and optimizing QA processes to meet business goals.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the QA team, ensuring they follow industry-standard testing methodologies and best practices.
• Will be responsible for ensuring that a company's products or services meet quality standards.
• Establishing quality standards: Setting quality standards for products, services, health, and safety
• Developing processes: Creating and managing processes to ensure products meet quality specifications
• Monitoring quality: Overseeing quality testing and identifying gaps
• Ensuring compliance: Staying current on laws and regulations, and ensuring compliance with them
• Training: Training employees on quality procedures
• Analyzing data: Collecting and analyzing quality assurance data to identify areas for improvement
• Communicating: Communicating quality standards and feedback to team members, stakeholders, and upper management
• Problem-solving: Identifying problems, analyzing solutions, and implementing resolutions
• Documenting: Handling quality reports and documentation, and documenting internal audits and quality assurance activities
• Reviewing: Reviewing customer requirements, client feedback, and user feedback
• Improving: Reviewing existing policies and making suggestions for improvements.

Knowledge Areas:

• In-depth knowledge of manual and automated testing processes, tools, and frameworks
• Familiarity with test management tools like Jira, TestRail, or similar
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and working within an Agile environment

Technical Skills:

• Experience with QA automation tools such as Selenium, QTP, or similar
• Proficiency in programming languages used for test automation, such as Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.
• Familiarity with performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner
• Experience with version control systems like Git
• Experience with API testing using Postman or similar tools
• Solid knowledge of SQL for database validation and verification