QA Lead

Role: QA Lead

Location : Pittsburgh PA

Job Description

Technical Proficiency:

1. Expertise in Selenium WebDriver and related frameworks

2. (TestNG JUnit Cucumber).

3. Strong programming/scripting skills in a language like Java Python or C#.

4. Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins Maven Gradle) and defect tracking

systems (JIRA Bugzilla).

of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and

methodologies (Agile/Scrum).

with API testing (SOAPUI Postman) and database

testing (SQL queries) is often required.

Roles & Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning: Define the overall automation testing strategy and comprehensive test plans identifying risks and ensuring alignment with

business goals and quality standards.

Framework Development: Design build and maintain scalable and reusable automation frameworks (e.g. Page Object Model Data Driven Hybrid)

using Selenium WebDriver with compatible languages like Java Python or C#.

Team Leadership & Mentoring: Lead mentor and guide junior automation engineers in best practices coding standards and testing techniques.

Scripting & Execution: Oversee the design development and execution of automated test scripts for functional and regression testing. This often

requires hands-on involvement with complex or high-risk areas.

Collaboration & Integration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (developers business analysts product managers) to understand requirements

define test scenarios and integrate automation suites into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g. using Jenkins).

Reporting & Metrics: Monitor measure and report on test progress defect leakage automation coverage and overall product quality to

relevant stakeholders.

Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and implement suitable new tools and technologies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the QA process.

Generic Managerial Skills If any

Provide thought leadership and coaching to junior team members

Pre-Screening Questionnaire

as QA automation lead

on Experience in Selenium