Lead QA Engineer
ASAPP
QA Lead
Allata
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇦🇷 Argentina
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Senior
Tech Stack
CypressSeleniumSQL
About the role
- Define the QA strategy and own a living QA test plan aligned to the product roadmap.
- Develop and maintain a regression test plan and ensure consistent execution each release.
- Document clear, traceable test cases and keep test assets up to date as features evolve.
- Organize and schedule QA activities; leverage internal manual testing resources effectively.
- Perform manual testing for new features, regressions, and production validation when needed.
- Monitor Jira boards and transitions to plan, prioritize, and track QA work.
- Update, triage, and reassign Jira tickets; maintain high-quality bug reports and traceability.
- Establish quality gates and lead QA signoff before merging the QA branch into production.
- Build and maintain automated tests for UI, API, and data validations; increase coverage over time.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and enable reporting on quality status.
- Collaborate daily with product, engineering, and US-based stakeholders on scope, design, and release criteria.
- Define and track QA metrics (e.g., defect leakage, pass rates, automation coverage) and drive continuous improvement.
- Contribute to test data management, including synthetic data for data-centric validations.
- Champion risk-based testing, release readiness reviews, and post-release retrospectives.
Requirements
- Experience creating QA strategies, test plans, and regression suites for SaaS or data-driven products.
- Strong manual testing skills across UI, API, and data validations with solid defect management.
- Hands-on test automation experience for UI and APIs using tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD and working with Git-based workflows.
- Proficiency with Jira or similar tools for planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Solid SQL skills and experience validating data transformations and reporting accuracy.
- Familiarity with BI or analytics products and data integration concepts..
- Proven leadership with the ability to coach, prioritize, and drive accountability across teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management; comfortable with US-based teams and fast-paced environments.
- Strong ownership, organization, and attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Structured problem solving and high comfort with ambiguity while introducing new processes.
- Experience with synthetic data generation and data quality frameworks such as Great Expectations or dbt tests.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
QA strategyregression test planmanual testingautomated testsUI testingAPI testingSQLtest data managementdefect managementdata quality frameworks
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementorganizationattention to detailcontinuous improvementproblem solvingaccountabilityprioritizationadaptability
