QA Team Lead, Web Marketing

PandaDoc; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to spearhead quality assurance for their web platform. In this pivotal role, you will lead a talented QA team, develop comprehensive test strategies, and ensure seamless website performance. You will collaborate closely with developers and other teams to enhance user experience and drive quality improvements. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment that values feedback and professional growth, all while enjoying the flexibility of a distributed team culture. If you are passionate about quality assurance and want to make an impact in a fast-growing organization, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Self-care days

Work from anywhere

Professional development opportunities

Open culture emphasizing feedback

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• 5+ years in testing, with 2+ years as a QA Lead.
• Master's in computer science or related field required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the QA team, designing and implementing test strategies.
• Monitor and report bugs, ensuring high-quality user experience.

Skills

Automation Testing

API Testing

UI Automation Testing

Playwright Framework

CI/CD Tools (Gitlab)

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud Environments (AWS)

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Allure

JavaScript/TypeScript

GIT/Gitlab

HTML/CSS

REST API

PHP

MySQL

WordPress

Job description

We are looking for a Lead QA Engineer to join our Web Engineering team and take ownership of quality assurance for the pandadoc.com website. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a QA team, designing and implementing a robust test strategy, preparing and managing website releases, and monitoring and reporting bugs and performance issues. You will play a critical role in ensuring a seamless, high-quality experience for PandaDoc’s website visitors.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Lead and manage the QA Team inside Web Engineering org:
• Lead technical agenda and mentor a team of Web QA engineers, providing guidance and expertise in automation testing.
• Enforcing quality gates based on the QA and Release Strategies
• Reviewing the test coverage of Test Cases and User Stories
• Together with the Web Engineering leadership team, work and execute QA strategic planning/developing roadmap
• Monitor and control QA tasks/issues estimations in Weekly releases and sprint activities
• Develop comprehensive test plans including functional, end-user, stress performance, reliability, and usability testing
• Work closely with Developers and Delivery Team on new features, system integration, and performance testing
• Actively participate as an SME in:
• Test planning for releases, including manual, automation, and non-functional testing
• Actively analyze requirements from a quality engineering perspective and write automated tests
• Execute tests throughout the entire development lifecycle (from development to pre-release and release phases).
• Release scope planning and execution
• QA capacity possibilities for testing provided for different projects (Public Website/Localization/Content changes/A/B Tests etc)
• Bug flow processes improvement and control
• Smoke tests scope development and updating
• Regression tests scope development and execution

About you:

• 5+ years of experience in testing, of which 2+ as a QA Lead
• Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• Automation activities ownership or leadership experience in a QA automation role.
• Experience with the Web tech stack
• Expertise in API, UI automation testing
• Experience with the Playwright framework (strongly preferred)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes (strongly preferred).
• Experience with cloud environments such as AWS
• Strong analytical skills, creativity, and attention to detail.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A team player with a proactive, get-it-done attitude and a quick learning ability.

Our stack:

• Playwright
• Allure
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• GIT/Gitlab
• HTML/CSS
• REST API
• PHP
• MySQL
• WordPress

Company Overview:

PandaDoc empowers more than 40,000 growing organizations to thrive by taking the work out of document workflow. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform that helps fast scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage, and sign digital documents including proposals, quotes, contracts, and more. For more information, please visit https://www.pandadoc.com.

Company Culture:

We're known for our work-life balance, kind co-workers, & creative virtual team-bonding events. And although our Pandas are located across the globe, we stay connected with the help of technology and ensure that everyone on our team feels, well, like a team.

Pandas work best when they're happy. We retain our talent by upholding our values of integrity & transparency, and selling a product that changes the lives of our customers.

Check out our LinkedIn to learn more.

Benefits:

• An honest, open culture that emphasizes feedback and promotes professional and personal development
• An opportunity to work from anywhere — our team is distributed worldwide, from Lisbon to Manila, from Florida to California
• 6 self care days
• A competitive salary
• And much more!

PandaDoc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal treatment of all employees without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or other basis protected by law.