QA lead

Job Title: QA lead
Job Location: Dallas, TX
Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

• Lead the QA efforts across multiple platforms and applications (both in-house and third-party).
• Define and implement test strategies, test plans, and test cases aligned with project requirements.
• Manage the complete test lifecycle including planning, execution, defect management, automation, and reporting.
• Lead and contribute to the development and maintenance of test automation frameworks.
• Coordinate with developers, product owners, and business teams to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Identify risks, issues, and quality gaps and work proactively to mitigate them.
• Guide and mentor QA team members and ensure adherence to QA standards and best practices.
• Monitor and report testing progress, defects, and quality metrics to stakeholders and client teams.
• Support regression testing, functional testing, integration testing, and UAT activities.
• Ensure compliance with banking domain standards, regulatory requirements, and internal quality processes.
• Collaborate with vendors and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless delivery and product quality.
• Continuously improve QA processes, test coverage, and automation effectiveness.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in QA and testing, with 2+ years in a QA Lead or senior QA role.
• Hands-on experience working on banking or financial services projects.
• Strong experience with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber, etc.
• Solid understanding of testing types including functional, regression, integration, performance, and UAT.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Experience managing small to mid-sized QA teams and coordinating with offshore teams