Lead QA Engineer

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Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software quality assurance, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or team lead role.
• Strong background in test automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, or similar tools.
• Proven experience leading QA efforts in agile product development environments.
• Deep understanding of API testing (manual and automated) and backend validation techniques.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and their integration with automated tests.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience performing root cause analysis and communicating testing KPIs to leadership.
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling QA processes and teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA engineers responsible for testing across multiple application teams.
• Define and enforce QA best practices, standards, and tooling across the SDLC.
• Drive the implementation of robust automated testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright, unit testing) for UI and API layers.
• Foster a culture of quality by collaborating closely with engineering, product, and design teams to shift testing left and embed QA thinking early in the development lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain clear quality metrics (e.g., escaped defects, root cause analysis, time-to-fix) and provide regular reporting to engineering and executive leadership.
• Ensure test coverage meets standards across critical workflows, and lead initiatives to reduce regressions and escaped defects.
• Encourage exploratory testing amongst the organization.
• Own developing appropriate test suites across Limble’s web and mobile applications.
• Continuously improve our QA processes, including selection of tools, integration into CI/CD pipelines, and test environment management.
• Stay current with industry trends and bring forward modern approaches to test automation, performance testing, and risk management.

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