QA Leader overseeing testing strategy in Brazilian automotive technology sector. Leading a collaborative QA team to ensure high-quality software delivery.
Responsibilities
Define the testing strategy: Design the overall testing strategy, determining the right balance between unit tests, API tests and user interface (UI) tests, and ensuring that automation is integrated into the development pipeline (CI/CD).
Map risks and prioritize efforts: Identify potential software risks and prioritize testing activities in the most critical areas of the system where failures would have the greatest business impact.
Review requirements and acceptance criteria: Collaborate with Product Owners (POs) and development teams to define clear acceptance criteria and ensure quality requirements are understood by all.
Monitor quality metrics: Track and report quality metrics regularly, such as test coverage, defects found and resolution, so management can take corrective action.
Lead and coordinate the team: Supervise the QA team, fostering a collaborative and engaged environment.
Support technical development: Mentor team members, conduct one-on-one (1:1) meetings, provide feedback and support individual technical growth.
Promote best practices: Drive a quality-first culture across the organization and encourage adoption of QA and software engineering best practices.
Requirements
Proven experience in software testing (manual and automated).
Experience leading a QA team.
Experience with test automation using tools such as Selenium, Cypress or Playwright.
REST API testing with tools like Postman and Newman.
Knowledge of CI/CD processes and integrating tests into pipelines.
Monitoring and managing quality metrics (cycle time, defect rate, test coverage, lead time, throughput).
Systemic perspective, understanding the full development and quality flow.
Critical thinking to identify failures and risks that impact the final product.
Analytical skills and continuous improvement based on indicators and data.
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