Scrum Master cum Quality Engineering (QE) Lead

Accord Technologies Inc; Piscataway Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accord Technologies Inc in Piscataway, NJ (Hybrid) is seeking an experienced Scrum Master cum QE Lead to drive Agile delivery and champion quality across software projects.

You will facilitate Scrum ceremonies, define testing strategy, lead QA activities, and mentor engineers while coordinating with Product Owners, DevOps, and stakeholders to ensure on-time, high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or engineering.
• 5–10 years in software quality assurance/testing.
• 2+ years as Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Strong QA methodologies and testing knowledge.
• Manual and automated testing experience.
• Hands-on with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium.
• Experience with API/web/mobile/integration testing.
• Jira/Azure DevOps for defect tracking knowledge.
• Zephyr/Xray/TestRail or equivalent for test management.
• CI/CD tools experience: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines.
• Git and source-control best practices.
• SQL/database validation understanding.
• Ability to interpret Agile/test metrics and release management.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and agile delivery.
• Define and implement QA/testing strategy.
• Lead QA activities across the SDLC.
• Review requirements for testability and clarity.
• Develop test plans, scenarios, cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead functional, integration, system, regression, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Establish and maintain test automation frameworks.
• Identify automation opportunities and improve coverage.
• Review automated scripts for quality and reliability.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor test results, defect trends, and release quality metrics.
• Lead defect triage and root-cause analysis.
• Ensure defects are documented, prioritized, and closed.
• Promote shift-left testing with developers.
• Support performance, security, API, DB, and compatibility testing.
• Define quality gates for builds and releases.
• Coordinate UAT and production validation activities.
• Provide release-readiness recommendations based on metrics.
• Ensure QA standards, processes, and compliance.

Skills

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Software testing

Test automation

CI/CD processes

Quality governance

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

Rest Assured

Postman/Newman

Jira

Azure DevOps

Zephyr

Xray

TestRail

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Git

GitLab CI

Azure Pipelines

Job description

We are seeking an experienced

Location: Piscatway, NJ (Hybrid)

Position type: W2 contract

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master cum QE Lead to facilitate Agile delivery while leading quality engineering and testing practices across software development projects. This role combines Scrum leadership, team coordination, process improvement, test strategy, automation, and quality governance.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies, software testing, test automation, CI/CD, and stakeholder management. The person will work closely with Product Owners, developers, business stakeholders, DevOps, and other teams to ensure predictable delivery of high‑quality software.

Key Responsibilities

Scrum Master Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including:
• Daily stand‑ups
• Sprint planning
• Sprint reviews/demos
• Sprint retrospectives
• Backlog refinement sessions

QE Lead Responsibilities

• Define and implement the overall quality engineering and testing strategy.
• Lead QA/QE activities across the complete software development lifecycle.
• Review business and technical requirements to ensure testability, completeness, and clarity.
• Develop test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance criteria in collaboration with the team.
• Lead functional, integration, system, regression, exploratory, usability, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Establish and maintain test automation frameworks and standards.
• Identify suitable opportunities for automation and improve test coverage.
• Review automated test scripts and ensure code quality, maintainability, and reliability.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor test execution results, defect trends, test coverage, and release quality metrics.
• Lead defect triage, root‑cause analysis, and resolution tracking.
• Ensure defects are properly documented, prioritized, assigned, and closed.
• Partner with developers to promote shift‑left testing and early defect prevention.
• Support performance, security, API, database, and compatibility testing as required.
• Define and maintain quality gates for builds and releases.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing and production validation activities.
• Provide release‑readiness recommendations based on quality metrics and risk assessment.
• Ensure adherence to organizational QA standards, processes, and compliance requirements.
• Mentor QA engineers and promote knowledge sharing within the team.
• Continuously improve testing processes, tools, automation, and engineering practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 10 years of experience in software quality assurance, quality engineering, or software testing.
• 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience leading cross‑functional software development teams.
• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies and quality engineering practices.
• Experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Hands‑on experience with automation tools such as:
• Selenium,
• Cypress,
• Playwright,
• Appium,
• Rest Assured,
• Postman/Newman,
• Experience with API, web, mobile, integration, and regression testing.
• Experience with defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Experience with test management tools such as Zephyr, Xray, TestRail, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure Pipelines.
• Good understanding of Git and source‑code management practices.
• Experience with SQL and database validation.
• Understanding of Agile metrics, test metrics, and release management.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, leadership, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making abilities.