Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead and strengthen quality practices across our platform development lifecycle. This role combines hands-on testing (manual and automated) with quality strategy, process improvement, and test governance.

The Senior QA will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our platform by implementing robust testing frameworks, automation strategies, and quality metrics across backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and user-facing applications.

This role supports the next stage of platform development, helping the organization scale its QA capability while embedding quality-by-design practices into agile delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. Quality Strategy & Governance

Define and implement the QA strategy aligned with product and engineering roadmaps.

Establish testing standards, guidelines, and quality gates across the development lifecycle.

Implement quality metrics and KPIs (defect density, automation coverage, release stability, etc.).

Ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Promote shift-left testing principles and early defect detection.

2. Manual Testing & Functional Validation

Design and execute comprehensive manual test strategies across multiple testing levels:

Functional Testing

Validate application features against product requirements and acceptance criteria.

Perform exploratory testing to identify unexpected defects.

Integration Testing

Validate interactions between platform modules, APIs, and external systems.

Regression Testing

Maintain regression test suites ensuring platform stability across releases.

User Acceptance Support

Prepare test scenarios and support business stakeholders during UAT cycles.

Data Validation

Validate data pipelines, transformations, and outputs for accuracy and integrity.

3. Test Automation Development

Design and implement automated testing frameworks to improve efficiency and reliability.

Responsibilities include:

Develop automated test scripts for UI, APIs, and backend services.

Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Maintain automation frameworks and ensure their scalability.

Typical automation scope:

API Testing

Automated validation of REST and GraphQL APIs.

UI Automation

Automated end-to-end tests of web interfaces.

Regression Automation

Automated regression suite executed during each release cycle.

Data Pipeline Testing

Automated validation of ETL pipelines and data quality rules.

4. Performance, Security & Reliability Testing

Ensure the platform meets operational performance and security standards.

Responsibilities include:

Conduct performance testing to validate system scalability.

Validate system resilience and failure recovery scenarios.

Support security validation and vulnerability testing.

5. Defect Management & Quality Reporting

Manage the full defect lifecycle from identification to resolution.

Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure rapid defect resolution.

Produce quality dashboards and release readiness reports.

Deliverables include:

Test execution reports

Quality metrics dashboards

Release readiness assessments

6. Agile Collaboration

Work closely with product and engineering teams to embed quality within the delivery process.

Responsibilities include:

Participate in Sprint Planning, Refinement, and Reviews.

Contribute to definition of acceptance criteria.

Collaborate with developers on testability and quality improvements.

Provide feedback on product usability and reliability.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience

7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance

Strong experience in both manual and automated testing

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Experience testing complex platforms, APIs, or data systems

Technical Skills

Experience with testing tools such as:

Automation

Selenium / Playwright / Cypress

Postman / REST Assured

Performance Testing

JMeter / k6 / Locust

Test Management

Jira / Xray / TestRail

CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins

Programming

Python, JavaScript, or Java for automation

Data Validation

SQL for data integrity testing

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication with both technical and business stakeholders

Ability to work in cross-functional teams

Proactive mindset with strong attention to detail

Leadership ability to drive quality culture

Type d'emploi : Temps plein, Permanent

Rémunération : à partir de 90 000,00$ par an

Avantages :

• Assurance Dentaire
• Assurance Maladie Complémentaire
• Assurance Vie
• Congés payés

Lieu du poste : Télétravail