Senior QA Lead - 15 years experience

Job Title: Sr. QA Lead Engineer with Min 15 years of experience Location: Holmdel, NJ (Hybrid Work) Type: 6+ Month Contract to Hire Rate: $Open /hr. Position Overview: As a Sr.QA Lead Engineer, Quality at Client, you will play a critical role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality, reliable, and scalable software solutions across Client. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic oversight of testing execution, automation frameworks and quality governance. The Lead Engineer, QA Automation partners closely with engineering, product, and Devops to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and drives continues improvement across multiple teams. Success Metrics Hire, train, and manage a team of software quality engineers embedded in multiple sprint teams Maintain <1% defect slippage by ensuring features have been thoroughly tested Ensure scalable and maintainable automated scripts for E2E and Integration Tests are created Review, adopt, and improve quality assurance practices within multiple sprint teams Responsibilities: In Sprint Testing Collaborate with Development Leaders, Product Owners, and others to ensure high quality releases “Own” overall quality for releases by becoming a customer and quality advocate Provide the “Go/No-Go” recommendation to the delivery team regarding quality for all releases Develop ways to automate and improve testing processes within a CICD construct Responsible for ensuring test plans and executions are completed prior to production release Ensure E2E and Integration Test automated test coverage prior to production release Manually test features in development as needed Train testers in how to complete code reviews and code/architecture quality reviews Ensure defects have been documented based on standard quality processes Train engineers and other team members on current quality standards Complete post deployment check for releases as needed Develop and Maintain Automation Scripts Review current automation framework and make improvements as needed Perform code reviews for quality engineers to ensure appropriate code standards are being met Manage automated test code repositories for multiple test suites using multiple automation tools Ensure automation scripts meet acceptable reliability, performance, and maintenance requirements Create and improve automated testing strategy for key features for applications under development Research and provide feedback on test frameworks and tools Act as the “Voice of Quality” Provide team training, documentation, and direction for multiple quality teams and partners Review customer feedback, incidents, and test results from alpha/beta tests to inform test practices Be a “voice of the customer” for a functional product area across multiple teams Ensure all “definition of done” items are completed prior to production release Provide updates to process documentation as needed