Quality Engineering Tech Lead
Location: Irving, Texas
Country: United States
Category: QA/Automation
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: June 10, 2026
Job ID: 648313
Job Description
Quality Engineering Tech Lead
Location: Irving Texas
Length: 6-month contract
Pay: $60/hr - $67/hr (DOE)
The Planet Group is seeking a QE Tech Lead. Who will be joining a multidisciplinary team of product managers, designers and engineers who create digital products that hundreds of thousands of people experience every day.
Qualifications:
- Must have requirements:
- 10+ years of QA testing experience with focus on automation and quality engineering across a variety of domains (especially eCommerce and POS) and a variety of systems (especially AWS Cloud) and platforms/methodologies (mobile, web, api, security, performance)
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with the ownership of software project testing: understanding system architecture, analyzing systems and requirements, defining test strategy, writing test plans, designing and executing software tests, preparing test data, bug tracking, reporting.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in automation testing using tools - Selenium, Java, TestNG, Appium, Cucumber, etc.
- 2+ years of experience in Tech Lead role on a QA/QE team.
- Highly skilled in documenting how applications work, test artefacts and extremely organized at work, with the ability to report at different levels on the progress/status of work.
- Heavily involved in end-to-end testing and back-end validations including database and API testing. Exceptional SQL and database querying skills and API testing.
- Required Qualifications:
- Expertise in Assuring Quality on iOS and Android Mobile Applications.
- Expertise in test automation.
- Actively engages in product and business discussions with a technical eye for feasibility and adherence to overall roadmaps and architectural strategy.
- Work with developers and stakeholders to thoroughly understand business or technical requirements
- Writing/executing test cases and validating them to ensure requirements are met and stories brought to Done status
- Understand, identify and implement automated testing scenarios using software
- Identify and track bugs, regression issues, and enhancement requests
- Keep track of and report on testing progress and results
- Understand deployment strategy and testing environments
- Ability to identify issues in test/production and follow them though to solution
- Participation in iteration planning and project status meetings
- Ability to partner with others to work effectively across all boundaries
- Work in close interaction with developers in verification and validation of problems in new and existing applications
- Effectively communicates testing status to project teams, business users, product owners
- Research testing trends and industry best practices
- Document and assist in the resolution of complex problems and issues.
- Research and analyze product features being tested
- Review user interfaces for consistency and functionality
- Technical understanding of the digital platform, cloud computing and APIs
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to work in an Agile /SCRUM environment
- Familiarity with code versioning tools - Git (Gitlab)
- Competency in Microsoft Office suite and other reporting/documentation tools
- Experience with Agile tools that support tracking iterative development
- Exceptional communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute test strategies, plans, and test cases based on system architecture and requirements
- Perform end-to-end testing, including API, database, and backend validation
- Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and scenarios
- Identify, track, and resolve defects, regression issues, and production problems
- Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to analyze requirements and validate solutions
- Monitor and report testing progress, status, and results to stakeholders
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and support release and deployment validation
- Document test artifacts, review product features/UI, and apply testing best practices
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
