Staff QA Engineer - Lead Platform

$160,000 - $180,000/Yr

A Place For Mom - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Staff QA Engineer - Lead Platform at A Place for Mom is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and oversight of automation strategies across Beacon Applications. This role focuses on developing automated solutions to enhance operational efficiency, reduce manual intervention, and support continuous integration and delivery processes. The position requires collaboration with a team of QA engineers to ensure product quality and alignment with technological innovations and product development goals.

Responsibilities

• Owner and champion for product quality within the team.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Accountable for an assessment of product readiness and commitments on product delivery schedules.
• Mentor Junior QA Engineers on the Lead Platform teams, providing strategic guidance and direction.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure a seamless integration of quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Actively contribute to the creation of accurate and testable Acceptance Criteria.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for new features and product releases.
• Guide team management on accountability and growth opportunities on roadmap deliverables.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, document, and resolve software defects.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or 12+ years of experience in Leading Automated Software testing.
• Strong understanding of software quality and Automated testing methodologies/processes.
• Experience with JS test automation frameworks (e.g., NodeJs, Cucumber-WebdriverIO, Appium, Selenium, Cypress-Cucumber, Mocha, Protractor).
• Strong ability to debug code, analyze failures, and trace defects to the root cause within automation testing framework.
• Experience in automation and manual testing of Web services (Rest, GraphQL) using API testing tools such as Postman, GraphQL Playground or similar tools.
• Well versed with concepts of Performance & Load Testing with JMeter is desirable.
• Experience with database technologies like MySQL / PostgreSQL / MongoDB / Elasticsearch along with knowledge of Database testing.
• Experience practicing contemporary software development methodologies: Agile, Scrum, XP.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Cypress and WebdriverIO is preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k) plus match
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off