Quality Analyst Lead

We’re seeking a Lead QA Engineer to spearhead our quality assurance efforts. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in driving the QA lifecycle, developing test strategies, and leading a team towards delivering high-quality software releases.Your expertise will ensure the implementation of effective test plans, automation frameworks, and continuous integration processes.This position offers the opportunity to innovate in testing methodologies and play a key role in our product development cycle, contributing significantly to the enhancement of software quality and team efficiency.

Responsibilities
● Drive the software quality assurance lifecycle within the Agile process.
● Establish and coordinate test strategies with development/product teams.
● Design and implement test plans and test cases.
● Mentor and instruct QA team members, helping them make decisions and solve problems.
● Contribute to the maintenance and development of mobile test automation frameworks for Android and iOS.
● Develop and execute automated UI and functional tests on real devices and emulators.
● Review test results daily and report issues.
● Enhance and maintain automated CI flows.
● Troubleshoot issues in systems under test.
● Manage meetings, set goals, provide feedback on testing tasks,
and delegate testing responsibilities.

Requirements
● BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
● 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test in a production environment.

● Ability to multi-task, proactive in project planning and requirements gathering.
● Excellent English communication skills, especially written.
● Proficiency in mobile or web application testing.
● Experience in programming languages such as Java, Groovy, Ruby, Python, or JavaScript.
● Extensive experience with Appium or Selenium WebDriver.
● Familiarity with testing frameworks like TestNG, JUnit, or Cucumber.
● Comfortable with Git, and CI processes using tools like Jenkins, JIRA.
● Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases.
● Attention to detail and ability to diagnose complex issues in application testing.
● Bonus for leadership experience, native mobile testing frameworks, and micro-services architecture