Remote Senior QA Lead: Enterprise Testing & API Validation

Estrada Consulting, Inc; San Mateo (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Estrada Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Test Lead Analyst for enterprise software and SaaS projects.

This contract role (9-12 months) emphasizes strong QA leadership, test planning, and defect management in fast-paced environments. The ideal candidate will lead test strategies, develop and execute plans and scripts, coordinate with developers, analysts, and stakeholders, and oversee REST API, UI, and data validation testing using Jira and Postman.

Qualifications

• 10 years of software QA experience in enterprise or SaaS environments.
• Two to four years in a Lead capacity.
• Experience with test planning, test scripts, and defect management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements, user stories, and specs to develop detailed test cases.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and scripts.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and UAT testing.
• Identify, document, and verify defects through resolution.
• Validate configurations, integrations, and data migration results.
• Conduct API testing and database validation.
• Coordinate testing with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Prepare status reports, defect summaries, and QA documentation.
• Support business users during integration testing and UAT.
• Provide recommendations to improve software quality and deployment readiness.

Skills

QA testing leadership

Test planning & execution

Agile/Scrum

REST API testing

Jira

SQL/SOQL data validation

UAT testing

Communication skills

Education

ISTQB certification

Tools

Postman

Salesforce testing

Job description

Estrada Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Test Lead Analyst for enterprise software and SaaS projects.

This contract role (9-12 months) emphasizes strong QA leadership, test planning, and defect management in fast-paced environments. The ideal candidate will lead test strategies, develop and execute plans and scripts, coordinate with developers, analysts, and stakeholders, and oversee REST API, UI, and data validation testing using Jira and Postman.