Job Description
We are seeking an experienced QA Lead with strong leadership skills, an innovative mindset, and experience as a proactive team player to join our team.
Title: QA Test Lead
Daily Rate: DOE
Type: 12-month contract with view to extend or go permanent
Location: 2 days hybrid in Dublin office
Role Description:
The successful candidate will work hands-on performing a mix of manual and automated testing, from UI/UX to backend systems, while providing leadership and direction to other team members.
Main Responsibilities:
* Execute the full QA lifecycle (gathering requirements and acceptance criteria, creating test scripts, test execution, test case management, supporting UAT, documentation, reporting, test tool management)
* Collect and report quality metrics from test execution and inform stakeholders about risk and impact
* Work with developers and business stakeholders as needed to design and align on specific testing strategies for features being developed
* Create comprehensive test plans; execute and automate them as appropriate. Maintain and contribute to the expansion of existing test frameworks and find ways to improve the current toolset
* Find defects and provide help to the team to understand any erroneous behavior of the application under test
* Support our infrastructure team in troubleshooting or addressing issues with applications and dev/test environments
Skills, Qualifications, and Experience:
* Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field
* ISTQB certification preferred
* Minimum 8 years' experience in a QA role in a significant enterprise level or regulated environment delivering to robust QA standards
* Strong customer service mentality with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders at all levels
* Strong motivational and people skills, helping team members to excel in a culture of collaboration and openness
* Excellent organisation and time-management skills, able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment