Senior Manual QA Tester - Remote Canada

Role Overview

We seek a seasoned Senior Manual QA Tester to oversee comprehensive quality assurance duties for web, mobile, and backend platforms. This role involves shaping the QA strategy, supervising manual testing teams, assuring high-quality software delivery, and collaborating with stakeholders in Agile setups across Canada.

Key Duties

• Lead manual QA efforts over various projects.
• Develop and own the QA strategy, including test planning and methodologies.
• Evaluate and endorse test scenarios and results.
• Manage system, integration, regression, and UAT testing phases.
• Guarantee full requirement traceability and test coverage.
• Log and track defects using tools such as JIRA, ALM, and Azure DevOps.
• Conduct root cause analysis and ensure prompt issue resolution.
• Collaborate tightly with developers, product owners, analysts, and scrum masters.
• Facilitate daily QA meetings, sprint planning, and reviews.
• Provide mentorship and oversee team peer reviews.
• Ensure compliance with QA standards and promote continuous process improvements.
• Support release readiness and decision-making processes.

Required Expertise

• Robust manual testing experience for web and mobile applications.
• Deep knowledge of SDLC and STLC frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with Agile and Scrum practices.
• Expertise in functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, sanity, and UAT testing.
• Proficiency in test case design techniques like Boundary Value Analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, and Decision Tables.

Tools & Technologies

• Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools: JIRA, ALM, TestRail, Azure DevOps.
• Experience in cross-browser and device testing.
• Basic SQL skills beneficial for data validation.
• Awareness of API testing using Postman or equivalent tools is advantageous.

Leadership & Communication

• Demonstrated leadership of manual QA teams ranging from 5 to 15 members.
• Strong communication skills and capability in stakeholder management.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities and meet strict timelines.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience coordinating with onshore and offshore teams.

Additional Advantages

• Familiarity with test automation concepts including Selenium, Playwright, and Cypress.
• Experience with domain-specific testing such as Banking, Healthcare, Insurance, or E-commerce.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and release management processes.

Educational Qualification

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline is required.