Position: QA Lead
Experience: 9–11 Years
Engagement: Contract-to-Hire (CTH)
Rate: $50/hr on C2C or 1099
Responsibilities:
Participate in requirements grooming meetings, identify gaps, and clarify requirements before development begins.
Estimate testing effort for upcoming projects and releases.
Maintain a strong understanding of application functionality and serve as a QA resource for the testing team.
Develop test plans and test executions for each release and assign work across the QA team.
Maintain and update test cases as application features evolve.
Personally handle complex and high-risk testing scenarios.
Coordinate with project managers and developers on cross-functional features.
Create and maintain test cases that support the automation team's efforts.
This role involves approximately 50% QA leadership and 50% hands-on testing.
Required Qualifications:
Experience leading a manual QA team through complete release cycles.
Strong test planning, estimation, and requirements review skills.
Experience with Jira and Xray or similar test management tools.
Comfortable using AI tools to write and maintain test cases.
Strong communication and collaboration skills with project managers and developers.
Web application testing experience; e-commerce experience is preferred.
Preferred Skills:
Familiarity with test automation tools such as Playwright and TypeScript. Automation experience is a plus but not mandatory.
If you are interested, please share your updated resume along with your current location, work authorization, availability, and confirmation that you can work until at least 5 PM Eastern Time.