Position: Associate QA Manager
Company: Playwing
Category: QA
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

**Requirements:**
• At least 1,5 years of professional experience;
• Knowledge of test case management tools (TestRail, TM4J, etc).
• In depth understanding of formal test and development processes.
• Understanding of agile-based SDLCs (Scrum/Kanban).
• Experience with API Contract verification using tools such as Swagger or REST Docs.
• Experience with RESTful API web service execution and validation using tools such as Postman.
• Experience in working with databases (NoSQL is an advantage).
• Ability to establish QA processes from scratch with further monitoring and control, including creation and maintenance of supportive artifacts, procedures, and metrics.
• Strong project and time management skills with a proven ability to focus on priorities, solve problems, juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Previous managerial experience as a team leader is an advantage.
• Upper-Intermediate English level or higher.

**Soft Skills:**
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent negotiation, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong leadership skills, team oriented and organized.

**Responsibilities:**
• Define and monitor testing procedures and practices: test management, defect management and tracking management.
• Provide insights about production quality and prepare improvement plans to improve quality for low-quality areas.
• Review and present different types of QA deliverables including reports.
• Track and provide QA statuses to stakeholders.
• Planning and estimating the testing activities, tasks prioritization.
• Adapt the testing strategy to the project’s expansion.
• Implement testing policies, procedures and standards across company’s products.
• Supervise and coordinate over the whole test process cycle.
• Coordinate with various teams for specific tests.
• Be an influencer to a matrix-managed team’s members and managers, providing the highest quality standards and approaches.
• Participate in the interviews of new team members, guide the onboarding process.
• Participate in the performance review process.
• Collaborating with the 3rd Party Teams (External Partners, Testing Tools, etc).

**We offer:**
📆 Paid vacation, sick leave, and day-off (40 days per year);
⏰ Free morning schedule (start from 8 to 11 am);

🚀 Individual development plan;
💵 Payment for external training (not only professional);
📈 We provide access to the internal base of training, seminars and literature;

🏠 Assistance in setting up a home office;
🏢 Opportunity to work in a coworking space;
🏄 Compensation for sports activities and health care services;
🇺🇸 Free English classes and Speaking club from beginner to advanced lvl.