The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a solid technical background in Quality Assurance Engineering, and a commitment to delivering excellent results. In this role, you will lead a team of QA Engineers, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the quality and reliability of our products/services.
This role is a hybrid role in Limerick with a minimum of 2 days onsite.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of QA Engineers, providing guidance, coaching, and support to foster professional growth and development.
- Active involvement in recruitment, performance appraisals, 1-2-1's and areas of performance management.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Development, and other stakeholders to define quality standards, requirements, and testing strategies.
- Plan, prioritise, and delegate testing tasks, ensuring timely and efficient results-driven execution of QA activities.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate system functionality, performance, and reliability.
- Conduct thorough regression testing, new functionality testing and performance testing to identify and address defects and issues.
- Implement and maintain automated testing frameworks and tools to streamline testing processes and improve efficiency.
- Implement reporting mechanisms to monitor quality of development and testing performance.
- Analyse test results, identify trends, and provide insights to drive continuous improvement and optimisation of QA processes.
- Act as a liaison between QA, Development, and Client Services teams, addressing challenges and ensuring alignment on project goals and timelines.
- Collaborate with clients to understand their requirements, provide technical expertise, and ensure customer satisfaction.
Please note that these responsibilities are not exhaustive and further ad-hoc tasks may be provided depending on DevEire business needs and/or project requirements.
Qualifications and Desirable Skills
The primary qualification is the demonstrated ability to deliver the above responsibility as proven by results from work of similar scope and complexity, however you may also have the following qualifications and required skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience in Quality Assurance Engineering, with a strong understanding of QA methodologies, processes, and best practices.
- Previous experience in a leadership or managerial role, ideally within a Hybrid working environment with a demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop high-performing teams.
- Proven customer-focussed experience and a commitment to delivering high-quality, products/services that meet or exceed client expectations.
- Experience or familiarity with automation testing tools such as Cypress or Robot Framework.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and drive solutions.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
How to Apply
Please submit your CV and please provide a short answer to the below application question (500 words max).
Q. Please describe a situation where you were tasked with managing a team in a hybrid work environment. How did you approach managing both individual and team performance? What strategies did you implement to drive high performance outcomes and professional development? Please provide specific examples of actions you took, outcomes achieved, and any lessons learned from the experience.
DevEire is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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