QA Automation Associate Tech Lead

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating and working with automation frameworks to perform testing on applications through automated scripts
• Responsible for test planning, test automation, test environment setup/teardown, exploratory testing, defect logging and verification
• Responsible for creating test strategy, automation setups based on project requirements for automating testing efforts, regression, performance, load testing, etc.
• Reviews client requirements and provides feedback on their testability
• Reviews code/scripts/work done by other automation resources and provides feedback
• Reviews and re-evaluates the test strategies to adjust to changing risks, shifting priorities, and schedules
• Oversees testing of software features: implementation and execution of functional, regression, and acceptance tests through automation
• Oversees the creation and maintenance of automated test data and test documentation
• Leads/mentors test engineers and shares knowledge to make sure QA staff meet the technical qualifications required for their positions
• Participates in recruiting new staff, conducting interviews, and evaluating potential candidates
• Works with clients to evaluate and implement new technologies, offering strategies for improving their testing processes
• Assists executive staff in setting the direction for assuring the quality of the software we produce within the organization
• Collaborates with various teams to resolve bugs and issues identified during testing
• Assists in coaching junior staff, providing feedback, delegating tasks, and helping them develop testing skills
• Documents all work performed
• The ideal candidate for the position should have the following qualifications and skills:

Technical Qualifications

• Experience in testing various application features, services, and user interfaces
• Experience in test automation and creating repeatable, maintainable, automated test suites
• Experience in performance testing, SQL queries, Selenium, Shell programming, MS Test, etc.
• Experience working with Selenium, Test-Complete, QTP, Performance and Web Service testing tools - JMeter, Soap UI and any other tools etc.
• Experience in communicating with clients
• Understanding MS Test, NUnit, Junit, TestNG, Karma, Protractor, Jasmine, Chai, Mocha, and/or any other Unit testing framework
• Understanding of test-driven development & behavior driven development
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and best practices
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall processes
• Understanding of user interface design
• Knowledge of software quality assurance best practices & methodologies
• Familiarity with various defect management systems
• Familiarity with working with AI tools

Personal Skills

• Ability to communicate technical aspects to people with a non-IT background
• Ability to act as a liaison between QA and development teams
• Ability to ensure that solutions developed by technical teams fit the business needs
• Ability to offer alternative approaches to achieve the client’s goals
• Ability to analyze complex situations and manage all variables to achieve optimal solutions
• Ability to act on the information provided or get the information needed so that decisions for project implementations can be made quickly and effectively
• Ability to be a leader by example
• Ability to define and prioritize short-term and long-term objectives for the teams and make necessary corrections under changing circumstances

Education and Work Experience