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QA Lead | US

Photon Career Site

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Salary: $44,000 - $154,000 / year

Posted Oct 7, 2025
  • Role & seniority

    • QA/Test Lead or Senior QA Analyst with 8+ years of experience in testing and test planning; leads test strategy, planning, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Stack/tools

    • Web, Mobile, and API testing

    • Automation: Selenium (web), Appium (mobile), Playwright (mobile/web)

    • Behavior-Driven Development: BDD feature files (iOS and Android)

    • Test planning/estimation artifacts: Test Plan, Test Strategy, Estimation documents

    • Collaboration: cross-functional teams, integration/QA teams, Scrum ceremonies

  • Top 3 responsibilities

    • Create, review, and maintain test plans, strategies, and estimation documents; define test scope for sprint releases

    • Coordinate execution across teams, track status, raise risks with mitigations, and ensure blockers are resolved to start/regress testing

    • Lead test activities: participate in Scrum, manage regression testing, review peers’ tasks, and ensure quality deliverables; coordinate end-to-end QA/UAT with integration teams

  • Must-have skills

    • 8+ years in requirements analysis, test strategy/planning, and test execution

    • Strong experience in regression testing and sprint/iteration planning

    • Proficiency with Selenium, Appium, Playwright; web/mobile/API testing

    • Experience with BDD and creating/reviewing feature files for iOS/Android

    • Cross-functional collaboration: coordinating with developers, client QA, business teams

    • Ability to analyze project scope, manage risks, and create mitigatio

Full Description

8+ yrs. of experience in analyzing Business Requirements Documents to get a better understanding of the systems and create Test Strategies, Test plans, Test cases and assist team members. Having 4+ yrs. participate in Requirements, Design, Development, and Testing Sessions. Prior experience in the preparation of Test plan, Test Strategy, and Estimation documents as and when needed. Good experience in analyzing project scope and preparing test execution plans for sprint releases. Coordinate with various team to track the execution status, communicate to project leadership team and raise risks along with mitigation plan. Participate in Scrum meetings and make sure there is no blocker or dependency to start the regression testing. Prior experience in working with cross-functional teams in case of any blocker from web service or another third-party environmental issue. Split technical tasks between the team members and execute as per the project plan. Review the peer’s task regularly and ensure it meets the project quality deliverables. Having experience in developing and writing high-quality coding that meets customer requirements in Web/ Mobile / API platforms based on the project need. Create/review BDD feature files for both iOS and Android apps. Good experience in coordinating with peer developers, client QA and business teams for system integration and UAT testing. Coordinate with the Integration test teams in planning and executing the end-to-end QA and product testing. Experience with Automation test frameworks - Selenium for web automation and Appium, Playwright for mobile app automation. Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 44,000

Maximum Compensation: USD 154,000 Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role. Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees. This position is available for independent contractors No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post

QA LeadTest StrategiesTest PlansTest CasesScrumRegression TestingAutomation TestingSeleniumAppiumPlaywrightUAT TestingIntegration TestingWeb ServicesCross-Functional TeamsBDDMobile Testing

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