QA Lead

Join a fast-growing company that is transforming its industry! Financial Recovery Technologies has become a trusted partner to hedge funds mutual funds custodians sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investment firms and our best-in-class people and technology have made FRT a market leader. We are seeking a QA Lead to own the testing lifecycle from strategy to execution champion automation and collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality software.

At FRT QA is a strategic pillar not just a step in the SDLC. Your responsibilities as a QA Lead will include:

Define and lead QA strategy across functional integration regression and automation testing

• Understand the product at an architectural level to guide the team in what to test and how to test it
• Review requirements and create test plan/strategy and scripts
• Ensure product quality through appropriate level of testing and defects resolution
• Lead defect triage reporting and resolution
• Act as gatekeeper in product release process

Drive QA automation

• Lead functional testing automation
• Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensure security testing using tools

Be a leader for our QA team

• Lead QA Team mentoring and fostering a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with Product and Development teams to ensure that software designs and implementations maximize the opportunity to test effectively and efficiently and automate testing as much as possible
• Drive QA excellence by continuously striving to improve QA processes and use of tools
• Define and monitor QA metrics (e.g. test coverage test execution rates) to drive continuous improvement.
• Set the example as a hands-on contributor

Our ideal candidate has:

• 10 years in software testing 2 years in lead role
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or another technical major or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in a major automation testing tool (Cypress Playwright Selenium)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (JavaScript Python Java)
• Strong experience with SQL
• Comfortability with Git and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins Azure DevOps CircleCI)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure AWS )
• Experience with security testing tools such as Burp and OWASP Zap is a plus
• Hands on experience with API testing (e.g. Postman etc)
• Deep knowledge in test management and reporting tools
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• An intellectually curious personality and a demonstrated commitment to continuous growth/learning
• Attention to details and troubleshooting skills

What does FRT offer:

• Fun and diverse colleagues
• Health dental vision
• 401k (with company match)
• Income protection plans (life AD&D short- and long-term disability) and access to a suite of voluntary benefit programs
• We are a hybrid company; in office we offer:
  • Close to public transit (walking distance to Wellington T on Orange Line)
  • Free parking onsite
  • Free drinks and snacks
  • Free access to onsite gym

THIS POSITION IS BASED IN OUR MEDFORD MA HEADQUARTERS. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY PLEASE.

Compensation: base salary is experience dependent and can range from $160000-$180000 a year (based in MA). FRT also offers an annual bonus.

AGENCIES: WE ARE NOT WORKING WITH AGENCIES ON THIS REQUISITION.

FRT provides equal employment opportunities by recruiting hiring training and promoting applicants and employees without regard to race color religion creed national origin citizenship status sex age ancestry sexual orientation genetics pregnancy marital or partnership status gender identity/expression disability handicap status as a victim of domestic violence or other similar offenses consumer credit history unemployment military obligations veteran status or any other category protected by law.

FRT is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application or employment process please let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.