Project Lead - Software Testing
Job Type – Permanent
Base Location – Project Lead staff will be based at our Indian office in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Roles & Responsibilities
- Must be able to independently lead a team of at least 7 - 8 engineers
- Must be able to provide technical guidance and be the technical "go to" person for the team
- Must also be able to perform planning, scheduling, tracking and status reporting
- Supporting pre-sales activities by providing inputs around estimation, approach, domain knowledge etc
- Enforces changes to test strategy based on the project context
- Provide ideas to improve the existing test processes commenting about quality of the application under test through factual information
- Accountable for the test schedules, effectiveness of the testing, morale of the team etc
Essential Skills & Experience
- 6-8 years
- Has in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of testing methods, concepts and processes, and practices these independently
- Able to perform a reliable effort analysis and to prioritize tests
- Has ability to undertake high level planning and to determine a test strategy
- Effectively promotes testing techniques and tools in own team
- Able to carry usability tests and decide which technique to be used
- Has thorough knowledge of tools for test automation
- Able to develop complex automated test scripts from a detailed level
- Has ability to organize test management automation
- Can develop supportive functions and features
- Knows and effectively applies project management tools and techniques within the framework of organizational policies
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
- Monitors and escalates resource utilization issues in his project jurisdiction
- Earned Value Management and Risk Management concepts should be understood thoroughly
- Monitors project health indicators very closely
- Responsible for internal as well as external project reporting
- Accountable for the quality of the deliverables
Proficient in at least in three or more of the following categories:
- Hardware
- Operating systems
- Databases
- App/web servers
- Programming languages
- Functional test automation tools
- Performance test tools
- Unit testing tools
- Should be proficient with one or more project management tools
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"Doing recruiting for AppLabs is so rewarding. I get to see a resume turn into a potential candidate, then to part of the AppLabs team. All different people, with all different backgrounds, from all walks of life and yet everyone fits in here. I always see an immediate response from co-workers to help the new employees acclimate; everyone offering a helping hand or piece of advice, and then before you know it the “new guy” is just part of the team. It really is incredible how well people are received here!"
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