Líder de Testes de QA
Accountabilities: Lead QA planning and strategy: Develop and guide comprehensive test plans and strategies for new projects, system enhancements, and maintenance activities, considering acceptance criteria, business priorities, risks, and available resources.
Analyze business and technical requirements: Review functional specifications and requirements to identify testing needs, clarify expected behaviors, and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solutions.
Define test scenarios and cases: Create, review, and maintain test scenarios, cases, and execution steps covering positive, negative, and exceptional conditions to ensure adequate functional coverage.
Manage testing execution: Perform and oversee manual and, where applicable, automated tests, prioritizing coverage according to functionality criticality, potential impact, and identified risks.
Monitor and resolve defects: Document, register, track, and follow up on defects with development teams until resolution, ensuring clear communication and end-to-end traceability.
Prepare and manage test data: Identify, create, and organize test data in advance to support effective test execution and reliable validation of system behavior.
Oversee testing environments and tools: Ensure the appropriate use of testing environments, tools, and established procedures throughout the quality assurance lifecycle.
Maintain testing documentation and reporting: Prepare test execution reports, organize supporting evidence, maintain documentation, and communicate progress, issues, and quality indicators to relevant stakeholders.
Participate in agile ceremonies: Collaborate actively in planning sessions and other agile meetings, helping teams identify testing requirements, risks, dependencies, and potential impediments early in the development cycle.
Promote preventive quality practices: Identify potential defects and quality risks before they affect production, integrating testing considerations throughout the software development lifecycle.
Provide technical leadership: Guide QA analysts, review testing strategies and scenarios, support the resolution of technical questions, and help coordinate testing activities across the team.
Manage risks and impediments: Monitor quality-related concerns, identify obstacles that could affect delivery, and communicate critical issues and recommendations to the appropriate stakeholders.
Drive continuous improvement: Contribute to the standardization and optimization of QA processes, methodologies, documentation, and tools, incorporating new approaches and technologies where appropriate.
Explore AI-enabled testing: Where relevant, evaluate opportunities to use artificial intelligence to generate, optimize, or maintain test cases and improve testing efficiency.
Requirements:
QA testing experience: Proven experience in software quality assurance, including functional analysis, test planning, scenario development, execution, and defect management.
Requirements analysis: Ability to analyze functional requirements, understand business rules, and translate specifications into comprehensive and effective testing approaches.
Test design and coverage: Experience creating test scenarios, cases, and execution steps, including positive, negative, and exception-based testing.
Risk assessment: Knowledge of risk mapping, test prioritization, and coverage strategies based on functionality, business impact, and system criticality.
Test data management: Experience identifying, preparing, and managing test data to support planned testing activities.
Agile methodologies: Experience working in agile environments and collaborating with development and business teams from the initial planning stages.
Defect lifecycle management: Ability to register, document, track, and maintain defect traceability, coordinating with development teams to support timely resolution.
Testing standards and documentation: Knowledge of established testing practices and standards, with the ability to maintain clear, accurate, and organized documentation and execution evidence.
Progress reporting: Ability to communicate testing status, identify blockers, report risks, and provide stakeholders with clear updates on quality and delivery progress.
Technical leadership: Ability to guide QA analysts, review testing deliverables, share knowledge, and promote consistency in testing practices.
Analytical and organizational skills: Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, planning, and prioritization skills, combined with a proactive approach to identifying defects and preventing quality issues.
Communication and collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams, business stakeholders, and technical professionals.
Test automation: Familiarity with test automation tools and methodologies is a plus.
AI-assisted testing: Experience with automated testing using artificial intelligence, or with AI applied to test generation, optimization, and maintenance, is an advantage.
Industry knowledge: Experience in the insurance and capitalization sectors is desirable.
Benefits:
Remote work: Work remotely from Brazil, with the flexibility to collaborate with distributed teams.
Professional autonomy: Take ownership of testing strategies, quality standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Technical leadership opportunities: Serve as a reference for QA professionals and contribute to the development of testing capabilities across the organization.
Innovation and technology: Explore emerging approaches to software testing, including automation and AI-assisted quality assurance.
Collaborative environment: Work closely with development and business teams in an agile setting where quality is integrated throughout the delivery process.
Industry expertise: Gain exposure to software solutions designed for the insurance and capitalization markets.
Contract arrangement: The position is offered under a Brazilian Pessoa Jurídica (PJ) contracting model.
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