QA Lead Bilingual

Remote Staffing International SAS; Medellín; Remote; COP 196,146,000 - 348,704,000; Full time

Job summary

RSI is seeking a QA Lead to guide a manual testing team through full release cycles on contractor terms through December 2026 with potential extension. The role balances leadership and hands-on testing, requiring strong test planning, estimation, and cross-functional collaboration within a web/e-commerce context.

Responsibilities include grooming, test plan creation, test suite maintenance, and coordinating with PMs and engineers for complex features, with a focus on ensuring quality across

Qualifications

• Experience leading a manual QA team through full release cycles.
• Strong ability to plan tests, estimate effort and review requirements.
• Familiarity with Jira and Xray or similar test management tools.
• Comfort using AI tools to write and maintain test cases.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with PMs and developers.
• Experience testing web applications; e-commerce background preferred.
• Familiarity with Playwright and TypeScript is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Participate in grooming meetings to review requirements and identify gaps.
• Estimate testing effort for upcoming projects and releases.
• Serve as a technical resource for testers and understand application functionality.
• Develop test plans and distribute testing tasks across the team.
• Maintain and update the test suite as features evolve.
• Handle the most complex and high-risk testing activities.
• Coordinate with PMs and engineers on multi-team features.
• Write and maintain test cases for the automation team.
• Balance leadership with hands-on testing (~50% each).

Skills

Test planning

Effort estimation

Requirements review

Team leadership

Communication

Web application testing

QA process improvement

Tools

Jira

Xray

Playwright

TypeScript

Job description

At RSI, we?re seeking a QA Lead with experience leading manual testing teams and managing testing activities throughout full release cycles. This is a contractor position through December 2026, with the possibility of extension into 2027.

Key Responsibilities

• -) Participate in grooming meetings to review requirements, ask questions, and identify potential gaps or issues before development begins.
• -) Estimate testing effort for upcoming projects and releases.
• -) Maintain an in-depth understanding of application functionality and serve as a technical resource for other testers.
• -) Develop test plans and test executions for each release and distribute testing assignments across the team.
• -) Keep the test suite up to date by updating, adding, or archiving test cases as application features evolve.
• -) Personally handle the most complex and highest-risk testing activities.
• -) Coordinate with project managers and engineers to test complex features involving multiple teams or functional areas.
• -) Write and maintain test cases that can be used by the test automation team.
• -) Balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on testing, with approximately 50% of the role dedicated to each.

Requirements and Qualifications

• -) Experience leading a manual QA team through complete software release cycles.
• -) Strong skills in test planning, effort estimation, and requirements review.
• -) Experience with Jira and Xray, or similar test management tools.
• -) Comfort using AI tools to write and maintain test cases.
• -) Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with project managers and developers.
• -) Experience testing web applications is required; e-commerce experience is preferred.
• -) Familiarity with test automation tools and technologies such as Playwright and TypeScript is a plus, but not required.
• -) Availability to work during full U.S. business hours, at minimum until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Contract Details

Contract type: Contractor.Duration: Through December 2026, with the possibility of extension into 2027.Working hours: Full U.S. business hours, with availability required until at least 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.