TEST LEAD - 2025-GRU-ST-000388

XKTalent Inc. - Rimutee; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

XKTalent Inc. - Rimutee is seeking a QA Lead to coordinate the QA team across multiple projects, develop robust test plans, and mentor both manual and automated testers.

The role emphasizes risk management, client coordination, and thorough test execution to ensure high quality software releases. The ideal candidate will possess ISTQB/TMMi or equivalent certifications, plus experience with tools like Jira, Selenium, and Postman.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong ability to estimate and plan testing requirements.
• Proven experience tracking and following up on QA team activities.
• Ability to guide and mentor both manual and automation QA teams.
• Capable of proposing methodologies and techniques to optimize testing and ensure quality.
• Skilled in organizing team workflows using Kanban boards.
• Experience managing, creating, and maintaining test assets and documentation.
• ISTQB, TMMi or related certification (required).
• Certification in Scrum, SAFe, Management 3.0, Agile, Lean, PMP (or similar).
• Basic conversational English.
• A continuous improvement mindset in the QA area.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, assign, and monitor tasks across the QA team in various projects.
• Develop test plans and strategies tailored to each project.
• Guide the team in creating and maintaining test matrices.
• Ensure thorough execution of test cases.
• Provide technical guidance for testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, jMeter, Selenium, and others.
• Manage risks and help prevent delays or scope deviations.
• Coordinate with clients and lead negotiation processes.
• Conduct testing on SQL databases and web services.

Skills

Communication

Test planning

QA tracking

Mentoring QA

Test methodologies

Kanban

Test assets

English

Continuous improvement

Education

ISTQB/TMMi certifications

Scrum/SAFe/PM/Agile/Lean/PMP certifications

Tools

Jira

Trello

TestLink

Postman

SoapUI

JMeter

Selenium

Job description

Key Required Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Strong ability to estimate and plan testing requirements.


• Proven experience tracking and following up on QA team activities.


• Ability to guide and mentor both manual and automation QA teams.


• Capable of proposing methodologies and techniques to optimize testing and ensure quality.


• Skilled in organizing team workflows using Kanban boards.


• Experience managing, creating, and maintaining test assets and documentation.


• ISTQB, TMMi or related certification (required).


• Certification in one or more of the following: Scrum, SAFe, Management 3.0, Agile, Lean, PMP (or similar).


• Basic conversational English.


• A continuous improvement mindset in the QA area.


• Proficient in tools such as Jira, Trello, TestLink, or similar platforms for test case management and issue tracking.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, assign, and monitor tasks across the QA team in various projects.


• Develop test plans and strategies tailored to each project.


• Guide the team in creating and maintaining test matrices.


• Ensure thorough execution of test cases.


• Provide technical guidance for testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, jMeter, Selenium, and others.


• Manage risks and help prevent delays or scope deviations.


• Coordinate with clients and lead negotiation processes.


• Conduct testing on SQL databases and web services.