Job Lead Manual QA Engineer @ Talent Matchmakers

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Lead Manual QA Engineer to join one of our partners that are creating a platform designed to provide a seamless mortgage lending experience that is personalized for both lenders and borrowers. Their headquarter is in Canada and they have an office in Cluj-Napoca as well.

They are on a mission to improve the way consumers experience mortgage financing through fully customizable loan servicing software.

What they are proposing is an automated underwriting system using AI and machine learning and a process flow that will allow for a more swift mortgage approval.

SOME MORE INTERESTING PROJECT FACTS

• As a Manual QA Lead you would be overseeing a team of 2 people.
• The development process on the mortgage platform started in 2018.
• Apart from the mortgage platform, they are also working on a platform for document management and automation, designed to simplify things for lenders.
• The core product is built on a serverless architecture and is entirely cloud based.
• The overall tech stack is: NodeJS, Typescript, Angular, PostgreSQL, AWS;

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Craft Oriented

• Build, maintain and enhance the product test cases and test suites to address
• the company’s quality needs and best in class UX standards;
• Own and drive constant increase in test coverage for the products and services
• our partners offers, and, where applicable, suggest automations;
• Groom and define requirements and acceptance criteria together with product and
• development teams;
• Perform manual testing activities, in order to evaluate and validate the system under test;
• Prioritize between different testing activities and techniques, in order to achieve
• adequate quality standards;
• Apply different test methods on different levels, such as regression, exploratory and feature testing;
• Plan testing activities in accordance with the development roadmap, execute plans
• and document the process;
• Drive initiatives for enhancing the QA process and practices that would enable
• the company to maintain high quality standards - this includes tool adoption and
• selection, automation testing adoption and other similar industry practices;
• Identify & report system failures, test fixes, mange reported defects;
• Lead defect management initiatives, including bug triaging sessions;
• Engage with the rest of the technical leadership in prioritizing and assessing the defect base;
• Gather and document test results to leverage in the overall assessment of the
• system under test;
• Develop a thorough understanding of domain, functional and non-functional requirements which to use in your testing activities and deliverables;

Team Related

• Act as a main point of contact for questions/support regarding quality assurance
• and testing aspects within the Engineering team;
• Provide leadership and support to testing team members through mentorship and coaching;
• Lead initiatives to improve and fuel team member engagement;
• Support the engineering management through feedback on team members’
• performance;
• Facilitate conversations and collaborate closely with your colleagues in order to deliver high quality software products;
• Work closely with the product and design team to define requirements, acceptance criteria and assess the quality of software requirements;
• Team-up with the other leads to ensure successful product release and
• delivery;
• Take part in recurrent team discussions and syncs regarding software delivery,
• including stand-up calls, retrospectives, feature planning sessions, bug triages and
• prioritization calls etc;
• Support senior engineers in process improvements such as tool selection,
• automation testing adoption and work together with the rest of the leadership on identifying and driving growth and scaling needs within the QA team;
• Identify growth areas within the development team, encourage and propose
• enhancements;

Client & Business Related

• Work with clients during UAT and Post-launch to understand reported issues,
• coordinate testing and provide input to product teams;
• Work closely with client teams, being a point of contact in discussions around
• production issues and challenges they face;
• Evaluate and understand the systems under test, including any third party
• integration, both from a quality and from a business domain perspective;
• Be able to do full software demos and engage in discussion, both internally and
• externally, related to existing and new functionality;
• Be familiar with the company's product roadmap and release schedule and contribute with insights and client feedback towards growing the roadmap;

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of progressive software testing experience;
• Experience with leading a team of testers in various stages of a software product delivery;
• Experience with mentoring and coaching others;
• Experienced in multiple testing types and levels;
• Experience testing cloud solutions;
• Advanced process & time management, planning, prioritizing & delegating skills;
• Demonstrated manual testing skills; Test Automation is a plus;
• Extensive experience with test planning, test design, and test execution;
• Ability to recognize risks and errors in an application;
• Experience assessing new technologies and making recommendations based on advantages & disadvantages of various approaches;
• Solid experience with Agile software development methodologies;
• Familiarity with continuous integration, deployment, and release management
• practices and the relevant tools;
• Understanding of cloud and server side application development and architecture;
• Understanding of automation testing frameworks and associated techniques is a plus;
• JavaScript & TypeScript knowledge is a plus;

COLLABORATION THROUGH CIM/PFA/SRL

How will they support your growth and well-being?

• Medical Insurance
• Signal Iduna
• Unlimited PTO
• Stock Options
• Trainings & support with certifications
• Flexible hours
• Possibility to work fully remote