Lead a hybrid QA team to own testing lifecycle from requirements to release. Design and run manual and automated web, mobile, and API tests, develop test frameworks, improve CI pipelines, mentor engineers, track defects, and ensure high-quality releases.
About the role
In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of every release that goes out. Sporty isn’t like other organisations that just see QA as a blocker - we give our QA team members the power you need to do your job, including deciding what is ready for launch and what needs more work. You will be acting as a Hybrid QA Lead with the skills you bring in on both Manual testing and automation processes.
Our Stack
- Programming language: Python
- DB: MySQL / Mongo DB
- DevOps: AWS / Jenkins / K8S
- Web: Selenium / Playwright/ Postman
- Mobile: Appium / Android Studio / XCode
What you'll be doing
- Lead and mentor a talented development team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
- Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development
- Drive the Testing lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions
- Conduct regular code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve the team’s skills and output
- Manage team members' performance and career development
- Track and record product issues and analyse the problems through various tools, giving feedback to relevant personnel to make corrections
- Write test plans / test cases and output test reports according to feature requirements Share test-related information with other team members
- Create automated Web / Mobile / API test cases
- Track and analyse automated tests to improve test efficiency
- Develop automated tests and test frameworks
- Improve our Continuous Integration pipeline
- Help automate all aspects of the software engineering process
What you'll bring
- Minimum of 4+ Years within a relevant role
- Minimum 8 years of experience in software testing
- 2+ years of experience in a leadership role, with experience in mentoring, performance reviews, work allocation
- Solid understanding of testing types: unit, integration, end-to-end, regression, stress/performance, and API testing
- Experience with Web / Android / iOS and API manual testing
- Experience with web debugging and API testing tools (Chrome DevTools, Postman)
- Working knowledge of relational databases preferably MySQL
- Strong experience with Python
- Experience with Automation testing knowledge with REST APIs
- Experience in test automation for mobile apps (Android and iOS)
- Experience in Automation testing for web apps (Selenium/ Playwright)
- Docker and Kubernetes experience would be advantageous
- Experience in developing and running a Continuous Integration system
- Familiarity with Jira / Jenkins would be advantageous
Even better if you have
- Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB
- BS / MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering
What’s in it for you
- Sporty is a remote first company in pursuit of sustainability
- A competitive salary + individual performance based bonuses every quarter
- 28 days paid annual leave
- Our core working hours are 10am-3pm in your local time zone with flexibility outside of this
- Referral bonuses & flash bonuses
- Top of the line equipment
- Annual company retreats to provide great internal networking opportunities
Interview process
- Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team
- Offline Take home assignment
- Remote video interview with Team Members (60 Mins)
- Final discussion with the hiring manager (60 mins)
If you're interested, we encourage you to apply! Every application is reviewed by a member of our team (AI is not used in our recruitment process), and we aim to respond within 48 hours. We are committed to maintaining a fair, secure and authentic recruitment process. Applications submitted using false, misleading or fraudulent information, including impersonated or fake profiles, will not be considered. Where reasonably necessary to protect the integrity and security of our recruitment process, we may verify a candidate’s identity and/or the accuracy of information provided during the recruitment process. Any such checks will be carried out in a proportionate and appropriate manner and in accordance with applicable data protection and employment laws.
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