Our client is looking for an exceptional and self-motivated Lead QA Engineer to support several exciting projects in Austin, TX. You will own the quality and testing efforts of the team to ensure completion of the quality assurance deliverables, adherence to quality and development processes, and drive on-time project releases. You will play a crucial role in the delivery of high-quality projects meeting our client’s needs. You’ll also collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of QA engineers and work with SDETs, driving quality initiatives, establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met
• Participate in all aspects of the QA product lifecycle: scoping, strategizing, test case creation, and execution including feature, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Review technical requirements, author detailed test plan, and test case documentation
• Identify, isolate, and replicate software defects, research root causes, debug issues, and propose regression tests to discover reoccurrences
• Coach, lead, and mentor junior/new team members and coordinate internal knowledge-sharing sessions
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional, and design specifications and requirements
• Escalate any QA issues to cross-functional teams and push for a suitable resolution promptly
• Constantly seek opportunities to improve our quality and testing approach
• Promoting QA productivity through automation, tools, and other best practices
• Report and drive increased test automation coverage in all areas
• Ability to handle multiple projects and adapt to priority changes in a fast-paced environment
• Lead the overall QA Activities, plan and assign tasks to the team to meet project deadlines
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Developers, Content Managers, and Release Engineers to deliver projects on time, ensuring the highest product quality standards
• Participate in interviews, hiring, and onboarding of new hires

• 6+ years of experience testing both web and mobile applications
• 2+ years of experience in leading quality engineering teams, in a highly hands-on role
• Solid understanding of development lifecycles, testing methodologies, and QA processes
• Hands-on experience with test planning, test designing, and execution, and implementing and maintaining quality test automation
• Coding experience with object-oriented programming languages, preferably JavaScript
• Experience with automation scripts using tools like Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Protractor, Mocha, Jasmine, and TestNG
• Good understanding of web technologies including HTML, CSS, XML, JSON, and REST APIs
• Good understanding of modern front-end frameworks such as Vue.js, React, Angular
• Experience with databases, API, backend systems, and mobile testing (iOS/Android)
• Experience with GitLab and continuous integration build systems such as Jenkins
• Ability to lead QA teams and mentor junior team members
• Ability to motivate people, instill accountability, and achieve results
• Ability to articulate vision and manage deliverables
• Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including effective presentation with an adynamic attitude