Lead QA Engineer

As a Lead QA Engineer at our company, your role will involve the following responsibilities: Role Overview: You will be responsible for developing testing strategies, conducting comprehensive manual and functional testing, ensuring production stability, and collaborating with various teams to maintain application readiness for real-world scenarios. Your focus will be on functional testing excellence, production stability testing, monitoring and observability, defect management, risk assessment, team leadership, continuous improvement, documentation, and reporting. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and implement robust functional testing strategies for pre-release, post-deployment, and production environments. - Ensure end-to-end testing aligns with business requirements and technical capabilities. - Lead comprehensive manual and exploratory testing to validate system behavior and user experiences. - Plan and execute testing focused on stability, including resilience, failover, and rollback scenarios. - Define and implement monitoring strategies using AWS tools or third-party solutions. - Manage the defect lifecycle and assess risks associated with deployments. - Foster a collaborative QA culture, mentor team members, and work closely with other teams to integrate quality assurance throughout the SDLC. - Advocate for QA process enhancements and identify gaps for continuous improvement. - Maintain comprehensive documentation and provide regular quality updates to stakeholders. Qualifications Required: - Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. - Experience: Minimum 8 years in software quality assurance, with 3+ years in a leadership role. - Technical Skills (Nice-to-Have): Familiarity with automation tools, API testing tools, performance testing tools, cloud services, and SQL. - Soft Skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills, positive mindset, and a team-oriented approach. If you are looking to join a supportive and innovative team environment where you can have a significant impact on quality practices and product stability, this role is the perfect fit for you.,