QA Lead - Hybrid Working Manchester - £50,000
We are currently looking for a QA lead to join one of the fastest growing brokers in the UK. Our client specialises in motor, home, bike, and more. With a huge focus on digital and data led customer experiences.
As the QA Lead you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the QAs, ensuring they work towards proving the software meets all specified requirements.
This role will involve management of QA Analysts while overlooking a number of squads in the business. This role will be expected to manage the testing on small projects and provide QA oversight across the Group.
The ideal candidate will have a mixture of strategic and organisational experience alongside hands on testing and writing test plans.
What we are looking for
- Extensive experience in software QA, with an expert understanding of modern testing methodologies, tools, and practices
- Extensive experience working in both agile squads and project teams
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide and mentor QAs
- Strong knowledge and appreciation of test automation
- Demonstratable experience in similar Lead positions with the ability to line manage multiple QAs
- Strong knowledge and experience of technical QA skills, specifically API testing and mobile/browser testing
- Strong knowledge and experience of Test Driven approaches to software engineering (ATDD, BDD & TDD)
- Strong working knowledge of functional and non-functional testing
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and contribute to their resolution
- A passion for quality and a continuous improvement mindset
This role will be working at a Senior level in a growing organisation and team, the group overall are going through huge positive changes allowing a lot of autonomy.
In addition to hybrid working our client offers annual performance related bonus and clear progression pathways.
Click apply or email lauren.hamer@oliverjames.com for more details!