QE Test Lead

SFE; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SFE in Dallas, TX is seeking a QE Test Lead to drive quality across projects. You will lead QA activities, coordinate defect triage, and ensure delivery readiness.

The role requires strong communication, cross-functional influence, and a hands-on approach to test design, automation, and metrics. Join a fast-paced environment focused on quality and customer success.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in quality assurance and test leadership.
• Proven defect triage and issue resolution in multi-project environments.
• Strong communication skills across technical and business teams.
• Experience coordinating QA with development, product, DevOps, and support.
• Familiarity with agile processes and test metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing across multiple releases and workstreams.
• Define test strategies, plans, scope, schedules, and acceptance criteria.
• Mentor QE team on test design, automation, and reporting.
• Ensure coverage for functional, integration, regression, and non-functional tests.
• Identify quality risks early and communicate mitigation plans.
• Manage defect triage meetings and track defect lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on ownership and timelines.
• Report testing progress and release readiness to stakeholders.

Skills

Defect triage management

Issue management

Communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Role: QE Test Lead
Location: Dallas TX Term: Full Time

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

The QE Test Lead is responsible for leading quality engineering and testing activities across projects, with a strong focus on defect triage management, issue resolution, and cross- functional coordination. This role serves as a central point of contact for quality-related issues, ensuring defects are accurately documented, prioritized, assigned, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner.

The ideal candidate is an effective communicator and issue manager who can collaborate closely with development, product, business, DevOps, and support teams to drive quality outcomes and delivery readiness.

Roles & Responsibilities

Key Skills and Competencies

Defect Triage Management: Ability to assess issue severity, business impact, priority, ownership, and release risk.

Issue Management: Strong ability to drive issues to closure, remove blockers, manage dependencies, and ensure accountability.

Communication: Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across technical and business teams.

Stakeholder Management: Ability to build collaborative relationships and manage competing priorities across teams.

Leadership: Ability to guide QE team members, influence cross-functional partners, and promote quality ownership.

Attention to Detail: Strong focus on accuracy, documentation, traceability, and quality standards.

Problem Solving: Ability to investigate complex issues, identify root causes, and facilitate practical solutions.

Quality Engineering & Test Leadership

Lead and coordinate end-to-end testing activities across multiple releases, applications, or workstreams.

Define test strategies, plans, scope, schedules, entry/exit criteria, and quality metrics.

Guide QE team members in test design, execution, automation, regression testing, and test reporting.

Ensure appropriate test coverage for functional, integration, regression, usability, and non-functional requirements.

Identify quality risks early and recommend mitigation plans to project stakeholders.

Defect Triage & Issue Management

Own and facilitate regular defect triage meetings with business, product, development, and QE teams.

Review, validate, prioritize, and classify defects based on business impact, severity, urgency, and release risk.

Ensure defects are assigned to the appropriate owners and have clear reproduction steps, evidence, and acceptance criteria.

Track defects through their complete lifecycle-from identification and triage through resolution, retesting, and closure.

Escalate high-severity, aging, blocked, or release-impacting defects to the appropriate stakeholders.

Monitor defect trends, root causes, reopen rates, and resolution turnaround times; communicate actionable insights.

Drive root-cause analysis and preventative actions for recurring or critical production and pre-production issues.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Act as an issue manager and liaison among QE, engineering, product, business analysts, project/program management, DevOps, and production support teams.

Coordinate dependency resolutio n and ensure teams are aligned on ownership, timelines, and next steps.

Communicate testing progress, defect status, risks, blockers, and release readiness clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Participate in Agile ceremonies, release planning, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.

Partner with stakeholders to establish clear quality expectations and ensure timely decision-making on defects and release risks.