Position: AQA Manager
Company: N-iX
Category: QA Automation
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2023-07-01T00:00:00+03:00

N-iX is looking for a skilled **AQA Manager** to join the team.

About the project:

Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States. Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U.S. airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts.

N-iX has built a successful cooperation with the client delivering a range of complex initiatives. As a result, N-iX has been selected as a strategic long-term partner to drive the digital transformation on an enterprise level, fully remodeling the technology landscape for 55,000 employees and millions of people across North America.

**Responsibilities:**
- Define and enforce QA standards, methodologies, and best practices across the Program;
- Take ownership of Product quality, report status, and quality metrics to the client;
- Set up the AQA process from scratch;
- Lead the planning and execution of testing activities for multiple projects simultaneously;
- Cooperate with Portfolio Manager, Enterprise Architect, Product Manager, and other team managers to maximize the value of implementation;
- Lead a team of 4 AQA leads and 20+ QA engineers;
- Review and analyze requirements, specifications, and technical design documents, providing timely feedback;
- Prioritize and plan testing activities across multiple teams;
- Supervise key milestones and artifacts delivery in line with the business and technology objectives;
- Present key achievements, cooperate with client’s stakeholders (managers, SMEs) on the implementation process

**Requirements:**
- Excellent knowledge of test automation with solid knowledge and experience in one of the programming languages (JAVA, Javascript, Python), and one more language at a clip;
- Experience and understanding of the Test Management process;
- Experience with end-to-end testing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Protractor, Jasmine, etc;
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle, agile methodologies, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices
- Experience in setting processes from scratch (inc. Framework and CI process);
- Experience working with scalable multi-stream projects and providing consolidated reporting to C-level management;
- Experience with API testing frameworks like Rest Assured, RestSharp, etc;
- Experience in team leading and coaching (team of 15+ AQA);
- Experience in planning and estimation (10+ projects);
- Fluent English (B2 as a minimum);
- Excellent communication skills, including presentation and knowledge sharing experience

**Nice to have:**
- Experience with performance testing;
- Experience with Data projects;
- Open US Visa

**We offer:**
- Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Paid vacation days, sick leaves, and days off
- Healthcare & Sport program
- Medical insurance
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings