Senior Quality Engineering Lead

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New Jersey seeks a Senior Software QA Engineer to develop and execute comprehensive test plans for web and API applications, ensuring coverage across functional, integration, and performance testing.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams, and build automated test suites using Java, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber within CI/CD pipelines. Strong SQL and API testing skills are required.

Qualifications

• Develop and execute test plans and test scripts to ensure coverage across functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and business analysts to understand requirements and align testing with business objectives.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for CI/CD pipelines using Java, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, and Cucumber.
• Perform manual testing of web and API applications, focusing on complex scenarios and edge cases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, test scripts and test Summary to ensure thorough coverage of software functionalities, including functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Utilize automation to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in manual testing of web-based and API-based applications with focus on complex scenarios and edge cases.

Skills

Automation Testing

SQL Proficiency

API Testing

SDLC Knowledge

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Postman

RestAssured

CI/CD Pipelines

Issue Tracking Systems

Job description

• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, test scripts and test Summary to ensure thorough coverage of software functionalities, including functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and business analysts, to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Utilize strong technical expertise in automation tools and technologies to design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Proficient in performing manual testing of web-based and API-based applications with focus on complex scenarios and edge cases, to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Analyze and troubleshoot issues, defects, and discrepancies, documenting and tracking them to resolution using issue tracking systems.
• Develop and maintain SQL queries for data validation and verification.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in complete software testing activities.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC and STLC.
• Strong technical proficiency in automation tools and technologies such as Java, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Python etc.
• In-depth knowledge of SQL for data manipulation, querying, and validation.
• Experience with API-based testing tools such as Postman and RestAssured.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in supporting test strategy activities, particularly in the integration of multiple applications and systems.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in software testing, including automation and manual testing of web-based and API-based applications, with strong proficiency in SQL for data validation. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to align testing strategies with business objectives and supports continuous integration and deployment processes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Automation Testing
• SQL Proficiency
• API Testing
• SDLC Knowledge
• Agile Methodologies

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Test Plan Development
• Test Case Design
• Test Script Execution
• Regression Testing
• Integration Testing
• Performance Testing
• Java
• Selenium
• JUnit
• Cucumber

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving
• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Attention to Detail

Industry Keywords

• Software Testing
• STLC
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Continuous Integration
• Data Validation

Tools & Technologies

• Postman
• RestAssured
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Issue Tracking Systems