Lead QA Engineer
Responsible for test strategy and software quality within a team. Drives QA initiatives, defines testing standards, and leads a team of testers.
Expected tasks
- Define the test strategy and plan
- Design, automate and execute tests
- Investigate and reproduce reported defects
- Ensure release quality before production
- Maintain test tools and frameworks
- Track quality metrics (coverage, prod defects)
- Work with dev teams to embed quality from design
Required skills
Knowledge
TDD / BDDCode ReviewAgile / Scrum / KanbanCI/CD PrinciplesREST API DesignData StructuresAlgorithmsAPI Versioning
Hard skills
SeleniumPlaywrightPytestJestPythonJavaScriptSQLPostmanCypressTesting LibraryJavaSwagger / OpenAPIGitLab CI/CDDocker
Soft skills
Critical ThinkingProblem SolvingAttention to DetailLogical ReasoningCommunication
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