Lead QA Engineer

Gartner•Stamford, CT

22h•$86,000 - $118,000•Hybrid

About The Position

About the Role: We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Test Engineer to support and manage manual and automation test efforts. You should be skilled to adapt in a dynamic environment, manage changing requirements and plan effectively. You should also be committed to developing skills to provide up-to-date solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent with minimum 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance domain leading and managing a team of people
Ability to roll up your sleeves and perform hands on tasks.
Primary responsibility will be to design and automate web application testing using Selenium WebDriver, REST API and Appium testing.
You should be able to develop a test automation framework and optimize the existing framework as per the latest changes, TDD script and debug.
Experience with REST API testing automation.
Must have experience working on AI initiatives.
Knowledge and experience in testing cloud-based SaaS products.
Excellent problem solving, analytical and communication skills (both oral and written).
Ability to work with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
Understanding of product development lifecycle with specific experience in using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Proficient in the use of automated tools used to support testing (e.g. test management, automated testing, defect tracking, etc.

Nice To Haves

Enthusiastic about learning new techniques, strong analytical and problem-solving skill.
Good judgment, prompt decision-making ability, responsibility, and accountability
Commitment to teamwork
Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

Analyze, design, and build manual and automated test cases based on system requirements and design specification.
Understand functional content of assigned projects.
Apply advanced knowledge of QA principles, methodologies, and techniques to test and assure the quality of B2B, B2C software.
Design the overall testing plan and master test schedule for simple level projects.
Perform in a lead capacity role within the team in making decisions for the quality assurance of the project / application
Analyze defects and recommend quality improvement initiatives for future application / project releases.
Regularly coach and mentor less experienced team members.
Manage requirements, stakeholder expectations, stakeholder communication, and competing priorities
Analyze, design, and build automated test cases based on system requirements and design specification.
Understand functional content of assigned projects.

Benefits

Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship
Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!