Lead Hybrid QA Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a development team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture
  • Provide technical leadership and ensure best practices in software development
  • Drive the testing lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment
  • Conduct regular code reviews and manage team performance and career development
  • Track and record product issues and analyze problems through various tools
  • Write test plans, test cases, and output test reports
  • Create automated Web, Mobile, and API test cases
  • Develop automated tests and test frameworks
  • Improve Continuous Integration pipelines and automate software engineering processes

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software testing
  • 4+ years in a relevant role
  • 2+ years in a leadership role including mentoring and performance reviews
  • Solid understanding of unit, integration, end-to-end, regression, stress, and API testing
  • Experience with Web, Android, iOS, and API manual testing
  • Proficiency with Python
  • Experience with web debugging and API testing tools like Chrome DevTools and Postman
  • Experience with automation for mobile (Android/iOS) and web (Selenium/Playwright)
  • Working knowledge of relational databases, preferably MySQL
  • Experience developing and running a Continuous Integration system

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with Jira and Jenkins
  • Working knowledge of NoSQL databases, preferably MongoDB
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Electrical Engineering

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus quarterly performance-based bonuses
  • 28 days paid annual leave
  • Flexible working hours around core time of 10am-3pm local time
  • Top of the line equipment
  • Annual company retreats
  • Referral and flash bonuses

About the Company

Sporty is a remote-first company in pursuit of sustainability that empowers its QA team to decide what is ready for launch.

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