Lead, Software Engineering QA

Kyndryl•Raleigh, NC

1d•$88,680 - $168,480

About The Position

Kyndryl is seeking a Quality Assurance Software Engineer passionate about delivering top-notch cloud-based managed services. As a Lead, Software Engineering Quality Assurance, you will ensure software products meet high standards of quality, reliability, and performance. Your role involves defining test strategies, specifications, cases, and plans based on design and functional documentation. You will collaborate with engineering squads to develop new features and products, ensuring comprehensive testing before release. A key responsibility is automating test cases for regression, scalability, and performance testing, as well as analyzing, tracking, and verifying defects. You will contribute to designing, developing, and implementing automated test tools, frameworks, and scripts for application and API testing. As the go-to person, you will develop, execute, and maintain automation tests for acceptance, functional, and regression test cases, accurately documenting and communicating issues to developers. You will also promote testing best practices, lead quality engineering discussions, and mentor other QA Engineers.

Requirements

Minimum of 5+ years of experience testing complex software products for large enterprise customers in a fast-paced agile environment.
Deep understanding of the QA processes, standards, tools and technologies.
Experience with testing and successfully delivering complex features/products for web-based enterprise applications and automating UI, CLI, and API testing.
Practical knowledge in at least one or two open-source automation tools and frameworks.
Good understanding of the entire software development life cycle.
Proficient analytical and problem-solving skills.
Collaborative communication and team working skills.
US citizen or full green card holder (for government client).

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with test frameworks like Selenium, Protractor etc.
Use of scripting languages like Python, Perl, PowerShell, and Java script to create scripts rapidly that can integrate into the testing stage within a pipeline.
Use of Test-Driven Development (TDD), SDLC, and Agile software development practices.
Scale Agile Framework (SAFe) experience.
Azure DevOps experience.
Git experience.
Automation experience.
Code Release experience.

Responsibilities

Define test strategies, test specifications, test cases, and test plans based on design documentation, functional specifications, and high-level design documents.
Work closely with other engineering squads/tribes to develop new features and products.
Ensure implemented components are feature, integration, and system tested before being released to customers.
Automate test cases to build test suites for regression, scalability, and performance testing.
Analyze, track, and verify defects during the software development lifecycle.
Contribute to designing, developing, implementing, executing, and troubleshooting automated test tools, test frameworks, and test scripts for application and API testing.
Develop, execute, and maintain automation tests for acceptance, functional, and regression test cases for identified areas/modules/technology.
Accurately document and communicate issues to developers to facilitate elimination of problems and create efficient fixes.
Promote testing best practices and principles across the organization.
Lead quality engineering discussions and mentor other QA Engineers in debugging, planning, and domain expertise.