Lead Quality Engineer

What you'll do

• Lead and mentor a team of 3-5 talented quality engineers within platform engineering
• Act as a hands-on lead and participate in test strategy and test automation
• Promote QE best practices and drive process improvements
• Develop E2E integrated test plan and identify optimization opportunities
• Develop and implement test scripts and automation tools to address issues and deliver high impact quality improvements
• Work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and Designers to ensure requirements and priorities align
• Utilize metrics to help improve process and drive team’s performance
• Measure appropriate product quality metrics to make informed decisions that enhance overall product quality
• Conduct interviews to attract and identify potential high performing candidates
• Balance and prioritize projects to maximize efficiency and ensure company objectives are achieved

Requirements

• Proven track record of delivering results and leading growing, high-impact teams
• At least 5+ years of testing experience including test automation
• Experience with at least 3 direct reports in a leadership role
• In-depth experience with API & UI test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Mocha, Jest or Junit
• Fluency in at least one of Javascript, Typescript, Python, or Java is a plus
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, CircleCI
• Strong understanding of scalable system design for web-based APIs and backend processing systems
• In-depth understanding of QA methodologies in a software company with short release cycles
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and coaching them on testing plans and strategies, and guiding them through the execution
• Passion to build a positive and fun engineering culture

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