Test Lead

Meredith Corporation; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company match

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid work model

Job summary

People Inc. in New York, NY, is seeking a Test Lead to guide QA across multiple SCRUM teams. You will review requirements, debug CI/CD pipelines, and drive automation with Selenium and Playwright while coordinating with developers, product managers, and operations.

The role requires a 4-year QA/Testing background, strong automation skills, and experience with Jira, Jenkins, and cloud testing environments. Hybrid in-office with some remote days, and a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience as a QA/Testing analyst or tester.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements with developers, product managers, and other teams to ensure quality and readiness for release.
• Lead automated regression testing and maintain frameworks across CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify and remediate flaky tests and debug Jenkins pipeline failures.
• Collaborate with SCRUM teams to align testing with business objectives and timely delivery.
• Provide feedback on test scenarios and contribute to test strategy improvements.
• Analyze metrics from automated tests and performance tests to provide actionable insights.
• Conduct code reviews to improve test code readability and efficiency.
• Participate in technical recruiting and mentor analysts and engineers.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Test planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Sciences

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Jira

TestRail/Azure DevOps

Postman/Swagger

APM tools

JMeter

Grafana/Kibana/Allure

Job description

Job TitleTest LeadJob DescriptionPeople Inc. Group has an opening for a Test Lead in New York, NY.The position duties are as follows: Responsible for reviewing requirements and working closely with developers, product managers, and other teams to ensure the software meets quality standards and is ready for release. Daily job duties include:Analyze testing patterns and effectively communicate insights to managers.Monitor application health during and post-deployment by analyzing logs, metrics, and test results.Lead efforts to improve test processes across multiple SCRUM teams in collaboration with managers.Debug CI/CD test infrastructure for functional test orchestration.Provide constructive feedback on test scenarios developed by senior QA analysts to ensure comprehensive test coverage.Align technical testing strategies with business objectives to ensure seamless integration.Analyze application and infrastructure logs with APM tools to identify application boundary issues.Utilize expertise in test automation creation and test maintenance activities on a daily basis to oversee framework and ensure maintenance best practices.Identify and remediate flaky tests through root cause analysis and test stabilization techniques.Troubleshoot Jenkins job failures and pipeline errors to ensure continuous delivery stability.Analyze metrics from automated performance tests, load tests, and monitoring tools to provide actionable insights.Work closely with SCRUM teams to understand business priorities and contribute to timely, high-quality deliverables.Communicate status updates and priorities clearly to ensure alignment across teams.Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to senior engineers to enhance readability and optimize test code.Enhance the automation framework to support and benefit other automation engineers.Review and critique framework implementations by senior QA engineers to drive continuous improvements.Offer constructive feedback to analysts and engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Participate in technical recruiting efforts by identifying and recommending best-fit candidates.Design, execute, and maintain automated regression tests using Telescope, Voyager-UI, and CaseGen in JavaScript, and Nova-MCP in TypeScript, integrated with CI/CD pipelines for consistent daily coverage.The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Sciences, a related technical field or foreign equivalent, followed by 4 years of experience as a quality assurance analyst or tester. Experience must include:4 years of experience creating and running test cases for different types of testing, including manual, functional, regression, integration, and compatibility.4 years of experience defect tracking and management (using tools Jira, TestRail or Azure).4 years of experience with test management tools (including Jira) and Agile methodologies and overall SDLC.2 years of experience with automated testing frameworks (including Selenium and Playwright)2 years of experience testing APIs and data validation with tools such as Postman or Swagger2 years of experience with basic programming/scripting (including Java, and JavaScript or TypeScript)2 years of experience with CI/CD exposure (including Jenkins and GitHub Actions)2 years of experience with Version control (including Git)1 year of Cloud basic experience, including a demonstrated understanding of cloud-based environments, deployments and testing applications hosted on cloud infrastructure.1 year of experience with performance testing tools (including JMeter and Google Lighthouse)1 year of experience with test reporting and monitoring tools (e.g. Allure, Grafana, Kibana)This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.Offered Wage: $130,354/yearIt is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Accommodation requests can be made by emailing [e-mail] Company participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: https://www.e-verify.gov/employeesPay RangeSalary:The pay range above represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position and may change in the future. Actual pay may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of People Inc's total compensation package for employees. Other compensation may include annual bonuses, and short- and long-term incentives. In addition, People Inc. provides to employees (and their eligible family members) a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, unlimited paid time off (PTO), adoption or surrogate assistance, donation matching, tuition reimbursement, basic life insurance, basic accidental death & dismemberment, supplemental life insurance, supplemental accident insurance, commuter benefits, short term and long term disability, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family care benefits, a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program, 10-12 paid holidays annually, and generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents), all of which may vary depending on the specific nature of your employment with People Inc. and your work location. We also offer voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance.#NMG#