QA Lead

Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities Collaborate with product owners developers and stakeholders to define clear acceptance criteria including cross functional requirements Promote and advocate for quality throughout the SDLC applying shift left and shift right quality mindset Guide the test strategy for the team and contribute to the overall departmental test strategy Demonstrate adaptability to the test approach based on evolving team and project needs Define and implement efficient testing processes methodologies and best practices Balance exploratory and automated testing efforts for optimal test coverage Drive the team to create a reliable automated test suite with strong reporting capabilities that ensures simple effective analysis of failures Integrate testing processes seamlessly into continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows for rapid and reliable software delivery Encourage and apply test driven development and pair programming practices Foster a culture of continuous improvement and adaptation within their development team Share new and innovative ideas about quality and agile techniques with the delivery team and the quality community Mentor members of the team and fellow quality engineersSkills And Ability Possess strong knowledge and experience in performance testing user interface automation application programming interface testing and contract testing Understand existing alerting and monitoring dashboards and suggest changes that make product quality visible Strong knowledge and hands on experience in performance testing user interface automation application programming interface testing and contract testing Ability to understand existing alerting and monitoring dashboards and suggest improvements that make product quality more visible