Quality Engineering Tech Lead

Quality Engineering Tech Lead
Location: Irving Texas
Length: 6-month contract
Pay: $60/hr - $67/hr (DOE)

The Planet Group is seeking a QE Tech Lead. Who will be joining a multidisciplinary team of product managers, designers and engineers who create digital products that hundreds of thousands of people experience every day.

Qualifications:

• Must have requirements:
  • 10+ years of QA testing experience with focus on automation and quality engineering across a variety of domains (especially eCommerce and POS) and a variety of systems (especially AWS Cloud) and platforms/methodologies (mobile, web, api, security, performance)
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with the ownership of software project testing: understanding system architecture, analyzing systems and requirements, defining test strategy, writing test plans, designing and executing software tests, preparing test data, bug tracking, reporting.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in automation testing using tools - Selenium, Java, TestNG, Appium, Cucumber, etc.
  • 2+ years of experience in Tech Lead role on a QA/QE team.
  • Highly skilled in documenting how applications work, test artefacts and extremely organized at work, with the ability to report at different levels on the progress/status of work.
  • Heavily involved in end-to-end testing and back-end validations including database and API testing. Exceptional SQL and database querying skills and API testing.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Expertise in Assuring Quality on iOS and Android Mobile Applications.
  • Expertise in test automation.
  • Actively engages in product and business discussions with a technical eye for feasibility and adherence to overall roadmaps and architectural strategy.
  • Work with developers and stakeholders to thoroughly understand business or technical requirements
  • Writing/executing test cases and validating them to ensure requirements are met and stories brought to Done status
  • Understand, identify and implement automated testing scenarios using software
  • Identify and track bugs, regression issues, and enhancement requests
  • Keep track of and report on testing progress and results
  • Understand deployment strategy and testing environments
  • Ability to identify issues in test/production and follow them though to solution
  • Participation in iteration planning and project status meetings
  • Ability to partner with others to work effectively across all boundaries
  • Work in close interaction with developers in verification and validation of problems in new and existing applications
  • Effectively communicates testing status to project teams, business users, product owners
  • Research testing trends and industry best practices
  • Document and assist in the resolution of complex problems and issues.
  • Research and analyze product features being tested
  • Review user interfaces for consistency and functionality
  • Technical understanding of the digital platform, cloud computing and APIs
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Ability to work in an Agile /SCRUM environment
  • Familiarity with code versioning tools - Git (Gitlab)
  • Competency in Microsoft Office suite and other reporting/documentation tools
  • Experience with Agile tools that support tracking iterative development
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute test strategies, plans, and test cases based on system architecture and requirements
• Perform end-to-end testing, including API, database, and backend validation
• Develop and maintain automated testing frameworks and scenarios
• Identify, track, and resolve defects, regression issues, and production problems
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to analyze requirements and validate solutions
• Monitor and report testing progress, status, and results to stakeholders
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and support release and deployment validation
• Document test artifacts, review product features/UI, and apply testing best practices