Position: Lead QA
Company: Scalr
Category: QA
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Now we are seeking a proven QA Lead that will be able to take our quality assurance strategies to the next level.
By joining our team, you’ll face the challenges and tradeoffs of building a highly reliable production system composed of modern microservices and the previous monolithic approach. The principal stack is Python, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, and many python libraries for different problem domains: cloud, networking, data, concurrency, parsers, etc.

At Scalr, we believe that the best software is produced when engineers take pride and ownership of the code they write, which is why engineering is expected to provide customer support. We value troubleshooting skills and customer empathy because at the end of the day, writing good code and helping customers be successful is what lays the foundation of building great companies.

**About the role:**
As a QA Lead, you will contribute in a multitude of ways - architecting testing systems, ensuring the team members implement and follow best QA practices, driving strategic technical improvements, and mentoring other engineers.

**Requirements**
3+ years on QA Lead position
Solid understanding of client-server architecture and networking concepts.
Advanced knowledge of testing approaches, techniques and methodologies
Practical experience in test design and exploratory testing
Experience with Tools — Charles/Fiddler, Jira, Zephyr
Good SQL and Linux skills
Experience in API testing
Strong knowledge of concepts, activities and deliverables in software testing
Understanding of Continuous Integration principles
Good understanding of networking protocols and methods
Good analytical skills and attention to detail
Proactive, results-oriented personality
English Intermediate and higher

**Will be a plus**
Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
Experience in virtualization tools and working with Cloud Management Platform

**Responsibilities**
Ensuring the team members implement and follow best QA practices to prevent defects
Do systematic reporting on quality status, risks, plans & performed work based on formal metrics and measurements
Guide the team overall on building automation coverage for the product suite, providing strategy time correlation between manual test coverage and writing automation.
Test planning and estimation of QA activities
Monitoring, identifying, escalating and removing obstacles that might endanger the agreed release date
Carrying out root cause analysis of defects to ensure fixes are implemented correctly;
Functional and non-functional testing of Web application
Writing, executing and review of test scenarios
Analyze requirements for new functionality, ensure their quality and testability
Gather metrics, create reports, follow the general Test Strategy and continuously improve testing processes;
Personal support, mentoring, and professional development for QAs

**What does Scalr offer?**
Work with interesting product in an enjoyable environment
The opportunity to see how your ideas and visions are realized
Attractive compensation and benefits package
Long-term contract and tax compensations
Remote work or in the office
20 working days of paid vacation and unlimited paid sick leaves