Lead Qa Engineer

Analytic Partners Recognized as a Leader by The Forrester Wave, Marketing Measurement & Optimization, Q3 2023 Report "Analytic Partners dominates with data-driven marketing insights." 

 

We are the Commercial Intelligence industry leader and the first to do it!  We help brands use data to drive business growth, and we do this using a combination of technology and expert guidance that helps companies make the best possible decisions.   Our Commercial Decision Platform GPS-Enterprise is the machine that turns data into actionable insights and our ROI Genome is our proprietary intelligence layer comprised of 20+ years of Analysis, Insights, and Learning.  We measure the impact of Product, Sales, Operations, Customer Data and outside factors such as competitors, economic changes, seasonality, consumer mobility, and more to deliver impact. Our customers drive business growth by leveraging our technology and expert analyst!

 

We're growing fast, with global operations across our full-service offices in New York City, Miami, Broomfield, Charlottesville, Dallas, Dublin, London, Paris, Hamburg, Munich, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, and Shanghai.

What you'll be doing:

• The Lead QA Engineer position is an integral part of the AP Product Group that builds science and technology applications that feed the analytical engines for AP!  The team is comprised of motivated individuals that do exceptional work. They face challenges together and they win together. You will lead a fun and agile QA team to ensure product quality, build automation test suites and help validate requirement specifications by working closely with product managers, business analysts and software engineers.  You will be responsible for leading the regression as well as new feature testing through automation and manual testing processes every sprint to ensure that the software application suite meets AP's company standards.  Responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, reviewing test cases, tracking and reporting test coverage, and identifying whether the products are functional, reliable, and meet the end user's expectations. As a QA Leader you'll design and implement testing plans across our platforms, that are high quality, require hard real time constraints and are easy to operate and maintain. You will conduct regular one on one and performance reviews, in addition to both leading QA yourself and helping other team members lead their own projects. Creating a supportive, collaborative, and productive work environment for your team will be your priority. Strong collaboration and communication skills are a prerequisite for this role.
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using test automation tools
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
• Technologies: Selenium Web-driver test automation using python (preferred) or java
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Recommend, implement, and monitor preventative and corrective actions to ensure that quality assurance standards are achieved

What we look for in you:

• Undergraduate or master's degree in in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
• 8+ years of work experience as a QA Engineer
• 1+ years performing as a Lead QA Engineer
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum product development and support process using JIRA
• Significant experience of working in software development teams
• Extensive understanding of software QA methodologies and tools
• Ability to write clear concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Experience with automated testing tools
• Experience with performance testing
• Relevant experience in agile software development, scrum methodologies & tools and processes using JIRA (e.g., epics and stories)
• Excellent multitasking and time management skill to manage stakeholders and to meet tight deadlines
• Solid experience with documentations and issue tracking tools - Jira, Confluence, office 365, Microsoft Team

Our differentiator is - Our People!  We hire the brightest talent and develop them into leaders. We foster a culture of PEOPLE, PASSION and GROWTH.  

People: We value our people, customers, and partners

Passion: We love what we do

Growth: Unlimited growth means unlimited potential

 

AP is a customer-focused, team-oriented organization where innovation and results are rewarded, and individuals can chart the course of their own careers.

 

As a woman founded and led company, this has meant supporting a meritocracy where everyone has opportunities to achieve their best and ensure we foster an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In practice this means we will not only work to recruit a diverse workforce, but also maximize the full potential of all of our people. You can read more about our commitment to DEI here

 

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