QA LEAD

MARS CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Singapore seeks an experienced Quality Assurance Lead to oversee all QA aspects of banking projects. This role involves establishing QA processes, developing test strategies, and working closely with engineering teams. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in software quality engineering, strong communication skills, and proficiency in JIRA. This position offers a dynamic environment with opportunities to mentor others and enhance testing capabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the software quality field.
• Hands-on quality engineering experience.
• Familiarity with the entire software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve formal QA processes.
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance.
• Develop and execute test cases in a timely manner.

Skills

Software quality engineering

Test case development

JIRA

Detail-oriented

Written communication

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Description

This position will play a primary role in planning, implementing, leading and executing all aspects of Quality and Testing for banking projects. The role requires hands‑on QA expertise, ability to take initiative and develop and evolve our QA processes. The right candidate will be able to analyze the systems to determine what to test, the priority of those tests and the best way to test.

Skills and Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in the software quality field including prior hands‑on quality engineering experience
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing test cases, scripts, plans and procedures to support various development methodologies
• Familiarity with entire software development life cycle and test cycles (Test Plan, Test Strategy, Writing Test cases, Regression, Functional, Systems, Stress & Smoke & Sanity)
• Understanding of Banking Mobile App development in PWA development process.
• Experience coordinating with external QA resources.
• Must have working knowledge of JIRA tool.
• Detailed and effective written communication skills for documenting the features tested and bugs found
• Highly organized, detail oriented, extremely responsive and able to prioritize a large number of tasks
• Self‑motivated, works well independently and with others

Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry‑accepted best practices.
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
• Lead and mentor QA team members, as well as manage outside contract testers.
• Develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
• Diagnose defects and track them from discovery to resolution.
• Partner with engineering teams to stay informed of new technologies being introduced and to ensure that system components are designed for testability.
• Respond to all requests from team members in a timely professional manner.