Software QA Consultant

Knowledge Coop; Washington; On-site; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Knowledge Coop is seeking an experienced Software QA Consultant to help us assess and improve how quality assurance fits into our software development process. We are a small SaaS team with a mostly manual QA approach that creates bottlenecks in our workflow.

The engagement will start with a focused assessment and may expand into hands-on support implementing the recommended framework, automation, processes, and documentation. Location is Remote (Pacific Time Zone); duration about 4 weeks.

Qualifications

• Experience with QA management or technical leadership.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS development and testing.
• Expertise in building and improving QA processes.
• Expertise in test automation strategy and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Assess current QA process, tools, roles, and workflow.
• Identify gaps, bottlenecks, and unnecessary manual work.
• Recommend QA best practices for a small SaaS team.
• Identify opportunities for test automation and coverage.
• Help build the initial framework, processes, and documentation.
• Create a prioritized roadmap for improvement.

Skills

QA leadership

SaaS testing

QA processes

Test automation strategy

Job description

Short-Term Consulting Engagement

We’re looking for an experienced Software QA Consultant to help us assess and improve how quality assurance fits into our software development process.

We’re a small SaaS company with an established development team and a QA process that is currently heavily manual and creating bottlenecks in our development workflow.

What You’ll Help Us Do

• Assess our current QA process, tools, roles, and development workflow.
• Identify the biggest gaps, bottlenecks, and areas of unnecessary manual work.
• Recommend QA best practices appropriate for a small SaaS development team.
• Identify opportunities for test automation, stronger coverage, and earlier quality checks.
• Help build the initial framework, processes, and documentation.
• Create a prioritized roadmap for continued improvement.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with QA management or technical leadership.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS development and testing.
• Expertise in building and improving QA processes.
• Expertise in test automation strategy and tooling.

Engagement

This will begin as a focused consulting engagement to assess our current state and recommend a path forward. Depending on the findings and mutual fit, the engagement may expand into hands-on support implementing the recommended framework, automation, processes, and documentation.

Location: Remote (Pacific Time Zone)Duration: 4 weeks (Estimated)