QA Team Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Poland.

📋 Description

• Lead and mentor the QA team, ensuring they possess the necessary resources, skills, and guidance to thrive in their roles.

• Distribute tasks and responsibilities among team members according to their strengths and expertise.

• Conduct hiring (technical interviews) and facilitate the onboarding process for new employees.

• Manage probation periods and provide performance review feedback, including addressing performance issues.

• Quality Assurance Strategy: Formulate and execute a comprehensive quality assurance strategy, encompassing testing processes, methodologies, and tools to guarantee high-quality product releases.

• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process enhancement within the QA team and the development lifecycle, and implement best practices to boost efficiency and effectiveness.

• Test Planning and Execution: Supervise the development and execution of detailed, thorough test plans and test cases for both manual and automated testing initiatives.

• Defect Management: Establish and maintain procedures for logging, tracking, and prioritizing defects, collaborating closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with development, business, and other cross-functional teams to synchronize quality assurance efforts with overall project objectives.

• Risk Assessment: Perform risk assessments to pinpoint potential areas of concern and devise mitigation strategies to minimize feature risks.

• Reporting and Documentation: Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation of testing processes, results, and metrics for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Training and Development: Promote a culture of continuous learning and development within the QA team, offering coaching and training opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in testing server-side applications.

• Proficient in English at an intermediate level.

• Strong communication abilities.

• Excellent troubleshooting skills.

• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git or SVN, including branching, merging, and conflict resolution.

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools (e.g., Gitlab, Travis CI) for automated testing and deployment processes.

• Expertise in API testing using tools like Postman, SOAPUI, or similar, and comfortable working with RESTful and SOAP APIs.

• Solid understanding of database concepts with the capability to write complex SQL queries for data validation and testing.

• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments with a deep understanding of Agile testing practices.

• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as TestNG, JUnit, NUnit, or equivalent for creating and managing test suites.

• Proficient in using bug tracking systems like Jira, Bugzilla, or similar tools for defect management and reporting.

• Basic knowledge of performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner) and concepts for load and stress testing.

• Experience with logging systems (e.g., ELK Stack, Graylog, Splunk, Fluentd, AWS CloudWatch, Grafana Loki) for diagnosing and resolving defects, analyzing system behavior, and monitoring performance.

• Nice to have: Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar technologies.

• Programming skills in languages commonly used for automation (e.g., Java, Python, C#), as well as scripting languages for task automation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for full-time remote work and flexible working hours.

• Private insurance coverage.

• An additional day off per calendar year.

• Sports benefits.

• Comprehensive mental health program.

• Free online English lessons with a native speaker.

• Generous referral program.

• Access to training, internal workshops, and participation in international professional conferences and corporate events.