QA Functional Lead

About You

You are a QA Functional Lead with strong expertise in functional testing banking applications and Agile environments. You are comfortable leading QA initiatives mentoring team members and driving quality best practices across teams.

You enjoy working closely with stakeholders validating complex business requirements and ensuring high-quality software releases across web mobile and integrated systems. You bring a proactive mindset strong communication skills and the ability to influence quality decisions throughout the software development lifecycle.

Experience within financial services and mobile banking environments is highly valued as well as the ability to guide teams and promote a strong quality culture.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Computer Engineering or a related field is desired or equivalent professional experience.
• 5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Strong experience in Functional Testing.
• Experience testing Web Mobile and API-based applications.
• Experience validating end-to-end business processes.
• Experience working with Jira and defect management processes.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Basic SQL knowledge.
• Experience working in Banking or Financial Services environments.
• Experience with Mobile Banking applications is highly desirable.
• Experience leading mentoring or guiding QA teams and quality initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to influence and guide technical teams.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Analyze business requirements user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Design and execute functional test cases across web mobile and API-based solutions.
• Validate end-to-end business processes and critical business rules.
• Identify document prioritize and track defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with Product Engineering and business stakeholders to ensure quality throughout the SDLC.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and quality planning activities.
• Guide QA best practices and promote continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor team members and provide leadership across QA activities.
• Act as a quality leader and trusted advisor within the team.
• Support high-quality releases across banking and digital channels.

Qualifications :

• 5 years of experience in Software QA.
• Strong experience in Functional Testing.
• Experience testing Web Mobile and APIs.
• Banking or Financial Services experience.
• Experience with Jira Agile/Scrum and SQL.

Additional Information :

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo talented people design build and scale meaningful AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization we collaborate across design development cloud data and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate make decisions and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence Collaborative Teamwork Unsolicited Respect Consistent Transparency and Efficient Communication. These define how we work how we support one another and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast take ownership and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally investing in modern ways of working and leading AI-native transformation at scale.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time