Lead QA Engineer

Workana; São Paulo; Teletrabalho; USD 60.000 - 100.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

An innovative firm is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to establish a comprehensive QA strategy for a cutting-edge SaaS platform. This fully remote position offers a unique opportunity to shape the QA landscape from the ground up, ensuring high product reliability through robust testing processes. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, implement best practices, and build a high-performing QA team as the company scales. If you are passionate about quality assurance and thrive in dynamic environments, this role is perfect for you.

Serviços

Fully remote opportunity

International team

Compensation in USD

Qualificações

• 6+ years in software quality assurance, with 2+ years in leadership.
• Experience in establishing QA processes and automation frameworks.

Responsabilidades

• Define and implement the overall QA strategy aligned with product goals.
• Develop and maintain test plans and automation suites.

Conhecimentos

Software Quality Assurance

Leadership

Automated Testing

API Testing

Performance Testing

Communication Skills

Ferramentas

Selenium

Cypress

Postman

JMeter

AWS

GCP

Azure

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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About the Client:

Our client is building a cutting-edge SaaS platform designed to revolutionize technical support. Their platform leverages AI-driven automation and analytics to enhance customer support experiences. As they scale, they are looking for a Lead QA Engineer to establish and own the entire QA strategy from the ground up.

This is a long-term, fully remote opportunity where you'll play a key role in ensuring product quality, setting up best practices, and eventually building out a QA team.

Role Overview:

You'll be a great fit for the role if:

• You are experienced in designing and implementing QA strategies from scratch
• You thrive in fast-moving environments where you have ownership over test frameworks, methodologies, and tool selection
• You are passionate about building robust, scalable testing processes that ensure high product reliability
• You have experience hiring and leading QA teams as a company scales
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the overall QA strategy, ensuring alignment with product development goals
• Establish a scalable QA framework, including automated and manual testing methodologies
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases, and test automation suites
• Select and implement appropriate QA tools, frameworks, and technologies for functional, regression, performance, and security testing
• Collaborate closely with development, product, and DevOps teams to integrate testing best practices into the development lifecycle
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines with automated testing
• Identify, document, and track defects while working with engineers to resolve them
• Establish metrics to measure software quality and provide regular reports on QA effectiveness
• Plan and hire a high-performing QA team as the company grows
  
  
  

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
• Proven experience in establishing QA processes, methodologies, and automation frameworks from scratch
• Strong knowledge of automated testing frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)
• Experience with API testing tools (Postman, RestAssured) and performance testing (JMeter, Gatling, or similar)
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests within them
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with development and product teams
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and leading QA teams is a plus
  
  
  

Benefits

• Fully remote opportunity
• International team
• Compensation in USD

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• IT Services and IT Consulting