Lead QA Engineer

Gartner

Lead Test Engineer at Gartner supporting and managing manual and automation test efforts. Analyzing, designing, and building test cases for quality assurance of software products.

Posted 4/18/2026full-timeStamford • Connecticut, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $86,000 - $118,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudSelenium

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze, design, and build manual and automated test cases based on system requirements and design specification.
Understand functional content of assigned projects.
Apply advanced knowledge of QA principles, methodologies, and techniques to test and assure the quality of B2B, B2C software.
Design the overall testing plan and master test schedule for simple level projects.
Perform in a lead capacity role within the team in making decisions for the quality assurance of the project/application.
Analyze defects and recommend quality improvement initiatives for future application/project releases.
Regularly coach and mentor less experienced team members.
Manage requirements, stakeholder expectations, stakeholder communication, and competing priorities.
Understand functional content of assigned projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
Minimum 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance domain leading and managing a team.
Ability to roll up your sleeves and perform hands-on tasks.
Experience in designing and automating web application testing using Selenium WebDriver, REST API and Appium testing.
Experience with REST API testing automation.
Must have experience working on AI initiatives.
Knowledge and experience in testing cloud-based SaaS products.
Excellent problem solving, analytical and communication skills (both oral and written).
Ability to work with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
Understanding of product development lifecycle with specific experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Proficient in the use of automated tools used to support testing (e.g. test management, automated testing, defect tracking, etc.)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Quality Assurancetest case designautomated testingSelenium WebDriverREST API testingAppium testingcloud-based SaaS testingproblem solvinganalytical skillsAgile methodologies

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringstakeholder communicationdecision makingteam managementcommunication skillscollaborationtime managementadaptabilitycoaching

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering