Quality Assurance Lead - #1696486

Lead QA - Once a week in the Manchester office

This is an excellent opportunity for a Lead QA with prior experience managing QA and Automation Engineers. You will be looking after a team of 5 QA's and supporting the implementation of an automation framework, so you must understand the importance of Automation.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead & mentor QA and Automation Engineers


• Hold one to ones with your team


• Collaborate with the Head of Development, Software engineering manager, developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and define test strategies


• Implement and maintain automated test suites for functional testing, regression testing, API, and performance testing


• Identify, document, and track software defects and work closely with development teams to resolve them


• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and release management activities to ensure high-quality software releases


• Stay updated on emerging trends and best practices in software testing and automation


• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of tests

Experience required:

• Experience in Line management


• Experience/knowledge of Automation Testing


• Hands-on experience in automated API testing


• Experience in Test Plan preparation, estimation, and status reporting


• Experience writing performance tests identifying areas of improvement across a platform


• Experience in Manual testing (UAT/System/Regression)


• Working knowledge of CI/CD


• Working knowledge of Cloud platforms


• Version control (Git)


• Prior experience in mentoring/leading more junior members of the team

Lead QA - Once a week in the Manchester office