Senior Quality Analyst

Woven between all the stages of the delivery process is the work of a Quality Analyst: the technologist who focuses on the complexity and risk inherent in building solutions. By collaborating with each team member—Developer, Business Analyst, Designer, etc.—they ensure quality is thoughtfully examined in both processes and technology. QAs are more than testers; they're team motivators and strive to inspire all teammates to weave quality into their mindsets and code.

Job responsibilities

Advocate for quality being built into software and products and aspire to 'shift quality to the left' i.e. highlight and put measures for risk mitigations within the team as early as possible

Collaborate with cross-functional teammates to embed quality at every stage of product evolution from ideation to customer usage

Regularly carry out exploratory testing to gain insights and uncover potential risks

Offer improvements to code, tests, testability and suggest tools and frameworks

Examine end-to-end processes including test coverage across all layers of the tech stack, ensuring quality is embedded throughout

Contribute to the creation of a reliable and maintainable automated testing suite to ensure simple, effective analysis of failures and avoid any test case duplication

Alter team approach based on standards and regulations in certain industries

Coach the client's team and encourage them to adopt a quality mindset

Advocate QA expertise to the broader tech community in Thoughtworks, speaking at conferences and acting as a mentor for junior-level QAs

Job qualifications

Technical skills

You have worked as a Quality Analyst as part of a wider development team, pairing with Devs, Business Analysts, Infrastructure Engineers, and Designers to embed quality and testing mindsets within different roles

You have experience with agile, code management, deployment strategies and release management

Familiarity with practices such as TDD, BDD, CI/CD and models such as Test Pyramid and Swiss cheese

You are comfortable suggesting changes to both on premise and cloud architectures for enhancing quality

You can perform different types of functional and cross-functional testing including performance and security testing across varied architectures

You know how to best leverage metrics to improve lead time, deployment frequency, mean time to recovery and change fail rate

You can design quality strategies and can produce one for the team

Knowledge of user experience and user research including prototyping, personas and AB testing, which can be translated into a test strategy

Professional skills

You enjoy influencing teammates and advocating for quality as a shared team responsibility

You are passionate about ensuring the correct product is being built, not just that it is being built correctly

You work in a communicative and collaborative way

You thrive in safe, collaborative environments where different opinions, ideas and perspectives are freely shared

Other things to know

Learning & Development

There is no one-size-fits-all career path at Thoughtworks: however you want to develop your career is entirely up to you. But we also balance autonomy with the strength of our cultivation culture. This means your career is supported by interactive tools, numerous development programs and teammates who want to help you grow. We see value in helping each other be our best and that extends to empowering our employees in their career journeys.

About Thoughtworks

Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. For 30+ years, our clients have trusted our autonomous teams to build solutions that look past the obvious. Here, computer science grads come together with seasoned technologists, self-taught developers, midlife career changers and more to learn from and challenge each other. Career journeys flourish with the strength of our cultivation culture, which has won numerous awards around the world.

Join Thoughtworks and thrive. Together, our extra curiosity, innovation, passion and dedication overcomes ordinary.

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