Lead QA Engineer

N-iX is looking for a Lead  QA Engineer to join the team.

Customer is one of the largest fashion retail companies in Europe that has a reach out on global markets as well.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop test cases using BDD language to ensure comprehensive coverage of user stories and bugs
• Сollaborate with the Product Owner (PO) to establish clear acceptance criteria for user stories
• Decide which tests to automate and select the appropriate type of automation (e.g., integration or E2E for front-end and back-end)
• Assist the development team in creating and managing data required for testing and validating user stories and bugs
• Monitor and ensure adequate test coverage for all tests performed by the development team
• Define and perform manual exploratory tests for scenarios not covered by automation
• Review and analyze automated test cases and results to identify gaps and areas for improvement
• Work with the PO to define and organize sanity and smoke test cases for production environments
• Perform manual exploratory testing of front-end functionality after deployments in the production environment
• Collaborate with the development team to analyze defect sources and create test cases to prevent similar issues
• Review and analyze E2E regression test pipelines to ensure readiness before release deployments
• Develop and implement non-functional testing strategies, such as performance and security testing, with the development team
• Track and report quality metrics using available dashboards and tools
• Help the team understand and implement QA tools, processes, and models, raising awareness of quality best practices
• Document and update QA processes, test plans, and product quality strategies to ensure alignment across the team
• Collaborate with developers to verify quality checks are correctly configured before merging pull requests

Requirements:

• 5+ years of overall QA experience
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Proficiency in creating test cases in BDD/TDD (Behavior-Driven Development/Test-Driven Development) language (e.g., Gherkin)
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks for integration and E2E testing (both back-end and front-end)
• Experience in testing mobile applications on both iOS and Android platforms
• Familiarity with mobile automation tools (e.g., Appium, Espresso, XCUITest)
• Knowledge of non-functional testing strategies (e.g., performance, security)
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong ability to analyze and debug issues in collaboration with development teams
• Ability to identify root causes of defects and implement preventative measures
• Strong communication skills to support PO in defining acceptance criteria for user stories
• Experience with manual exploratory testing for scenarios not covered by automation
• Knowledge of smoke/sanity testing processes in production environments
• Ability to monitor quality metrics and regression pipeline results
• Proficiency in reporting automated test statuses and incidents to the team
• Skilled in maintaining documentation around quality assurance processes and lead quality for the product
• Ability to align testing strategy with the team’s delivery goals
• At least an Upper- Intermediate level of English