Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

A Senior QA reports to a QA Lead. Works closely with QA lead, QA Subject Matter Experts, other QA members, project managers, designers and developers to ensure QA standards and client satisfaction are delivered thought-out the account. A Senior QA is someone that brings analytical thinking and support to the team and QA lead on many tasks. 

 You Will:

• Be developing a mix of manual testing with required experience in: API testing (must-have) and performance testing.  
• Is responsible to perform any of the QA tasks with barely any guidance  
• Plans, conducts and technically directs projects or major phases of significant projects 
• Responsible of analyze and understand requirements, and design specifications to ensure a quality process
• Responsible to attend, lead and/or organize meetings on behalf of team
• Responsible to promote and evaluate QA values and principles not only for the QA team but for everyone in the company and our clients.
• Support QA lead to work and motivate other team members in a team-oriented and collaborative environment with both technical and non-technical team members
• Responsible to communicate test results, issues, and risks to project team members, project managers, and QA management through the different channels
• Responsible to promote effective communication, a sense of participation and involvement amongst QA members.
• Responsible of test data identification
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive test plans  
• Writing and maintaining test cases/scripts following high quality standards
• Create traceability matrix documents based upon project requirements
• Create checklist documentation based upon project requirements
• Performing functional and non-funtional testing  
• Effectively communicating statuses  
• Develop test design documents to cover requirements
• Plan and schedule test activities to ensure quality
• Apply industry standard testing methodology, strategies and industry best practices
• Create defect tickets and track issues to resolution and risk analysis of said issues
• Report creation and related metrics at different levels
• Overseeing, delegating and coordinating work to other QA Associates and apprentices, as needed.
• Development of junior staff members
• Creating and executing regression tests based on design specifications and requirements  
• Conducting research into new technologies, including tools, components, and frameworks related to QA
• Support QA Lead in QA estimations
• Responsible to identify with the QA lead areas where automation tools can be applied for the benefit of the project
• Identify and raise risks
• Supports the QA lead on onboarding, coaching and mentoring activities. 

You Have:

• Experience with manual testing: API testing (must-have) and Performance testing
• Background in Computer Science (or related field) is important, as the candidate must be able to read and understand code.
• Must have proven experience in creating test cases and test plans.
• Experience with Playwright automation is desired but not mandatory (nice to have)
• Minimun 5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies for software development
• Experience working with local and offshore teams
• Experience in task management and defect tracking tools like Jira and/or similar
• Extensive knowledge of Windows or MacOS software is expected.
• Ideally English Proficiency (B2+ reading, writing, and conversation)

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer. 

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