This is a remote position.
Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilledQA Leadto drive the quality assurance efforts for a dynamicFintech project. The ideal candidate will have experience leading large QA teams across multiple projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions in afast-paced, Agile environment. This role requires deep expertise inmanual and automation testing, with a strong ability to manage testing across multiple integrated systems. Direct communication with clients and remote vendor teams is key to success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a team of more than 20QA engineersacross multiple projects, ensuring high performance and collaboration.
- Participate inrefinement sessionsto gain a deep understanding of all features and their business impact.
- Establish and maintain direct communication withclients and remote teamsfrom different vendors to streamline QA efforts.
- Review and enhance the currentAgile QA process, ensuring efficient test execution and continuous improvement.
- DocumentQA processes, test strategies, tools usages, and best practicesto facilitate team alignment and knowledge sharing.
- Set up and maintainmobile automation frameworksto enhance test coverage and efficiency.
- Design, implement, and manageAPI automation frameworksto ensure robust backend testing.
- Oversee and enforcemanual testingbest practices for complex scenarios requiring human intervention.
- Conductdaily follow-up callswith clients and vendors to track UAT bugs and liaise with several PMs to ensure smooth and timely releases.
- Develop innovative testing strategies to address thechallenges of multiple integrated systems.
- Work in afast-paced environment, adapting to evolving requirements and priorities.
- Ensure comprehensive test coverage of the product
Requirements
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8+ yearsof experience in Quality Assurance, with at least5 years in a QA Lead role.
- Strong background inmanual testing processesand best practices.
- Proven experience in setting up and managingmobile test automation frameworks(Appium, Espresso, XCTest, etc.).
- Hands-on expertise inAPI test automationusing tools likePostman and RestAssured.
- Excellent understanding ofAgile methodologiesand experience working inScrum/Kanbanteams.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across distributed teams and vendors.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability toinnovate testing approachesin complex system integrations.
- Experience inSIT/UAT managementand defect tracking.
- Experience in test management tools such asZephyr Scale.
- Proficient in developing test cases usingGherkinsyntax within a BDD framework.
- Fintech experienceis a big plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience withCI/CD pipelinesand integrating automated tests within DevOps workflows.
- ISTQB or other QA certifications are a plus.
