Software QA Lead - Banking

VeriPark; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work freedom

Health insurance

Birthday leave

VeriPark Academy

Job summary

VeriPark is seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer with extensive experience in the core banking domain to lead QA initiatives and mentor the team. The role requires strong hands-on testing skills, the ability to collaborate with developers, analysts, and project managers, and a drive to deliver high-quality financial software.

The candidate will oversee functional, integration, and system testing, drive test plans, and manage defect processes.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software QA experience with leadership exposure.
• Experience with black box test techniques and test case execution.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality test strategy and plans and execute them end-to-end.
• Lead QA activities across one or more projects and mentor team members.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with analysts, developers and project managers to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

QA leadership

Communication

SQL

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Postman

JIRA

TestRail

SoapUI

Job description

We enable financial institutions to become AI first digital leaders.

As a professional team of global scale, we work with best clients for great and exciting projects, in an environment where we learn amazing things every day. Each code, each voice, each contribution, each challenge, each success is celebrated here.

We welcome candidates who share our values, have the skills and are passionate to enjoy our journey to build the digital future of finance, together.

About Job:

We are looking for a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer having 12+ years of experience in core banking domain. The ideal candidate will not only possess deep domain knowledge and strong QA skills but also demonstrate the ability to lead QA initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure delivery of high-quality financial products.

If you are excited about learning new technologies and expand your knowledge base to make a solid foundation for your career, then you will definitely enjoy working with us.

What you will be doing:

• Develop high quality test strategy/plans, test cases and ensuing complete execution
• Review analysis documents, and testing requirements, assess the impact on test plans and schedules
• Defines, designs, and delivers all testing work, including Functional Testing, System Integration Testing
• Perform regression, functional, integration, system testing
• Regression, and support User Acceptance Testing (undertaken by subject matter experts situated within the business)
• Organizes and maintains the test script library
• Monitors, measures, control, and reports to management on test progress, product quality, test results, and test completion
• Targets 'Zero UAT defects' that the delivered software application to the customer. Should be able to take responsibility and initiative in the job's decision-making and implementation phases. Collect information, analyze data, reach a result, and give the quality level of application based on objective quality metrics.
• Participates in daily stand-up meetings, defect triage calls
• Responsible for working with third party suppliers/clients for defect management
• Leads the QA (Quality Assurance) activities of one or more projects
• Provides leadership and guidance to the test team on best practices
• Collaborates with team members. Works closely with analysts, developers, and project managers to ensure that the software application is delivered on time and meets the quality targets.
• Supports tests manager to identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.

What we are looking for:

• 12+ years of experience in software QA, with at least 5+ years in a QA leadership or team lead role
• Experience about software Testing Concepts, STLC and SDLC
• Experience on test planning, developing test strategy and quality reporting
• Experience with methods, tools, and technology used in software testing
• Has expertise and knowledge on black box test techniques
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, clients and has expertise and knowledge on test case execution, test case preparation
• Knowledge of SQL query language and scripting
• The ability to test Web Service APIs (REST/SOAP) using SoapUI/Posman etc.
• Ability to search logs or crash reports to help isolate and identify the root cause of issues
• Experience with automation testing is a plus
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal and teambuilding skills, working with technical and non-technical individuals
• Excellent communication skills are essential for Quality Assurance Specialists to collaborate with team members, stakeholders, and clients.
• Skilled in both manual and automated testing, with proficiency in tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Postman, JIRA, TestRail
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to Townsville, Queensland, as required.

What we are offering:

• Remote Freedom, Your Way: At VeriPark we believe in the power of talent, no matter where it resides. Design your ideal workspace and achieve the perfect work-life balance.
• Employee Wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including Remote Work Support, Health Insurance, Care Program, and Employee Wellbeing Program with Heltia or MantraCare Membership. We care you!
• Birthday Leave, Because You Matter: We value your special moments! Take the day off on your birthday and treat yourself.
• Unleash Your Potential: Develop yourself with VeriPark Academy opportunities; webinars, and in-house training sessions.
• Together Culture: Even in a remote world, we cultivate connections through engaging face-to-face gatherings as well as online fun events two times in a year. Special information sharing environment where you can update & align yourself.
• Reward & Recognition, Celebrating Your Success: Your contributions deserve to be recognized! Be part of our Reward & Recognition Program, featuring exciting awards such as a One-Week Work & Travel Experience and other experience-based rewards.

About VeriPark:

We are a global technology company with more than two decades of expertise in the Financial Services industry. Our mission is to enable financial institutions to become digital leaders by delivering world class customer journeys in digital and assisted channels. We develop omni-channel delivery, customer engagement (CRM), branch automation and loan origination solutions based on Microsoft technology (Azure, Dynamics 365, Power Platform) for banks and insurance companies worldwide.

With offices in 15 countries from Canada over Europe and the Middle East to Kuala Lumpur, our 1000+ colleagues are serving customers in more than 30 countries worldwide.