Manual QA Team Lead

Shield is a global startup, with offices in TLV, NYC, LDN, and LIS.

We’re rapidly growing and looking for another important piece of the puzzle.

Is it you?

We are looking for an experienced Manual QA Team Leader to join our dynamic team. In this role, you’ll not only manage a group of talented QA engineers but also play a critical part in shaping and elevating our QA methodologies. If you’re passionate about leading people, delivering top-notch software products, and raising quality standards, read on. As a Quality Assurance Team Lead, you will manage a team of QA engineers, learn the product design and architecture to build & oversee the test plan creation, review and execution. You will deliver high quality products to production, set new QA standards and play a key role in the QA department reporting directly to the Shields’ QA director.

Let’s get down to business:

What you’ll do:

• Manage & lead a team of experienced QA engineers
• Oversee & force high quality standards in software test plan & execution
• Work closely with the Company’s QA director, reporting and improving consistency
• Develop, document, and perform comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Work with RnD & Production leaders to learn and provide data driven QA decisions
• Identify, document, and track bugs and inconsistencies in a complex data system, which consists of dozens of micro-services.
• Guide the QA team in breaking down PRD into test plan – working closely with Product in Agile methodologies
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide feedback on quality issues.
• Participate in requirement and design review meetings.

Experience and Skills:

• 3+ years of experience as QA team leader
• 4+ years of experience in manual QA testing. (2+ years in a startup company, advantage)
• Familiarity with automated testing tools and frameworks, such as: Postman, x-ray, Jira, Aplitools, Jmeter, Visual studio – Advantage
• Experience with various cloud providers - Mandatory
• Experience with K8S – Mandatory
• Hands-On Experience with Big data and No-Sql – Mandatory
• Attention to detail and a commitment to quality
• Sharp and details oriented
• Understanding full picture – E2E life cycle of Project and Product, Working with various departments (product, delivery, support and more)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Oh hey, you made it all the way here!

So, in case you were wondering, Shield is how compliance teams in financial services can finally read between the lines to see what their employee communications are really saying.

Our platform analyzes digital interactions to fight financial crimes and mitigate a toxic workplace environment.

Shield is a post Series B startup ($35M) with some of the largest financial organizations in the world as investors and customers.

Shielders listen more intently. Pay closer attention to the details. Make the extra effort. Care. It’s what we do at Shield every day. And not just for our customers, but for everyone we work with. It’s all about creating a world where people understand and trust each other.

Shield is set to do good in the world, we help protect market integrity and people’s financial assets.