Quality Assurance Lead

A snapshot of what you would do: The key function of the Lead, Software Development Engineer in Test is to understand defined requirements for current and future products, create test cases/build test plans for these products, execute these test plans, and accurately report results back to management. A candidate for this position will possess strong QA/testing aptitude, technical skills, software analysis experience, and excellent written and oral communication skills. Quality Assurance • Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables. • Provide estimates for creating test cases, test plans and testing specific features • Develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test data and data validation. • Execute and evaluate test cases and report test results. • Be solely responsible for testing certain applications/products • Enter defects/enhancements that are accurate, clearly stated and submitted in a timely fashion • Learn and adhere to testing processes and policies • Report clearly on assigned tasks and recognize and alert management of potential problems/issues in advance. Facilitate test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members. • Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to QA Manager/Other project teams. • Design and develop advanced test suites using object-oriented methodologies. • Implement and execute test strategies on all supported platforms and languages to help improve overall quality and test code coverage. • Should be able to do both functional and Automation. • Write backend integration tests and tests for RESTful APIs. • Develop frameworks and automated test cases using Selenium and C#. • Design and develop integration, regression, and stress tests using industry standard tools. • Collaborate with Business Analyst and Developers to understand requirements and translate them into test cases. • Good knowledge of Web/UI testing, API Testing and Database testing. • Define, implement, and maintain test plans, test specifications and test suites. • Provide technical leadership, driving and performing engineering best practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional, and company-wide critical programs Support • Ability to support RCA. Required Skills: • Basic understanding of Procure to pay process • Retail Industry • General understanding of agile software development practices • Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, concise technical documentation • Excellent client and interpersonal relationship skills, with the ability to interact with all levels of business users and technical personnel • Strong time-management skills to achieve both individual and team deadlines • Proficiency in multitasking, with the ability to work on multiple unrelated products concurrently • Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented • High level of proficiency with SQL Required Experience: • 4-5 years of software testing and Business Application processes. • At least Bachelor’s in computer science, Information Systems, Technical Communication, or Business preferred. • BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or 4+ years of related practical experience. • Experience with one or more of the following: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Java, and/or C#. • Working knowledge of test methodologies, processes, and tools (Selenium, Python or any programming language, TFS, Visual Studio, STLC, Test Management tool, GitHub). • Knowledge of relational databases/SQL. • Experience working with client-server architectures and automation. • Experience working with black box/grey box testing