Lead QA
About the RoleThe Lead QA loves to learn, is an active participant in the software quality industry, reads blogs (by authors such as Gojko Adzic, Lisa Crispin and others) books.
Has a drive to constantly improve the IC Product Development processes and practices.
Is a leader to ensure all staff members are coached and trained in the execution of QA processes and practices and builds a high performing team.
Working with one of the market leaders in design driven thinking and development, evolving, and building the market leading wealth tech products.
What does a great Lead QA do?Leads the definition and implementation of full lifecycle product development quality practices and processes.
Is passionate about software and software quality, and constantly looks for ways to improve how InvestCloud works, from product envisioning, definition through to client certification and implementation.
Understands that quality is built into the product not just checked at the end, therefore engages with product management, engineering, and operations to ensure testing is included in all aspects of the product development lifecycle.
Defines, implements, and manages the testing and test data management tools for development, quality control, regression, security, operations, and post implementation testing.
Shapes and leads the test engineering teams, functional and non-functional test, regression.
Is a software engineer at heart and coaches and mentors our product engineering team in modern software development practices such as unit testing, TDD, A/TDD (BDD), static analysis, and more.
Continuously measures and analyzes software quality using metrics, as well as providing accurate and timely updates and dashboards on the state of software releases and production to the software development teams, stakeholders and clients as needed.
How you will provide meaningful contributions:
Tooling and Data ManagementHas a good knowledge of the test tools in the market and will review the tools that InvestCloud uses today to ensure they are being used optimally, upgrading or moving to more appropriate tool sets.
Learns from others in the industry and keeps in touch with developments.
InvestCloud currently operates with WebDriver, xUnit, Specflow, Jasmine, Karma, Selenium, Load Runner, MABL, and has home-grown test tools for the APL platform.
Leads the testing teamsAt InvestCloud we have system integration test and performance test teams, this role will lead these teams and continually improve the way we validate, and regression test, the IC products.
Coaching and mentoring An expert in Acceptance and Test-Driven Development, with hands on knowledge you can work with the development teams and teach them clean code and TDD approaches and techniques.
Work with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Business System Analysts to teach, coach and review the application of Behavior Driven Development practices and processes.
Support and grow the skills of the System Integration Test team, enabling them to move further up the value chain of quality, using techniques such as exploratory testing, black box, etc.
Quality metrics, dashboards, and reportingDefines the dashboards, and test tracking process and ensures they are produced and accurate.
Ensures there is effective communication and collaboration with the delivery teams and are fully aware of the status and priorities of defects.
Provides the right level of information and reports to leadership and clients, as needed.
Drives metric definition, collection, and analysis of the quality of each release and the InvestCloud product set.
Uses metrics to help discover areas that need improvement, and to assess if the improvement actions have made a positive impact.
Basic Qualifications for Consideration:
Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or in a relevant field.
10
years of experience in the software development field.
Must have testing skills; A/TDD techniques and processes, unit testing, functional validation testing, all aspects of performance, security and code quality analysis static and dynamic.
Hands on experience with behavior driven development.
Deep knowledge of the software quality industry, well versed in the latest software testing approaches.
Experience of leading teams and influencing developers and product management Must have experience with software system design and architecture.
Knowledge of build pipelines, continuous integration and delivery.
Not necessarily hands on experience but good working knowledge and is able to influence the best solution for product.
Familiarity with Git.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Skills / Experience Knowledge of the financial services industry, ideally wealth management Experience and knowledge of DevOps.
Strong knowledge of Clean Code About InvestCloudHeadquartered in Los Angeles with a global presence, InvestCloud develops first-class, financial digital solutions, pre-integrated into the cloud.
By empowering investors and managers with a single version of the integrated truth through its unique digital platform, InvestCloud creates beautifully designed client experiences and intuitive operations solutions using an ever-expanding library of digital modular apps.
The result? Powerful products for individual investors and institutions alike, assembled on-demand to meet clients' specific needs.
The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
The salary may also be adjusted based on the applicant's geographic location.
Salary range:
$150,000 - $165,000InvestCloud is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
#LI-HJ1 Recommended Skills Architecture Communication Computer Engineering Continuous Integration Dashboard Data Management Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Has a drive to constantly improve the IC Product Development processes and practices.
Is a leader to ensure all staff members are coached and trained in the execution of QA processes and practices and builds a high performing team.
Working with one of the market leaders in design driven thinking and development, evolving, and building the market leading wealth tech products.
What does a great Lead QA do?Leads the definition and implementation of full lifecycle product development quality practices and processes.
Is passionate about software and software quality, and constantly looks for ways to improve how InvestCloud works, from product envisioning, definition through to client certification and implementation.
Understands that quality is built into the product not just checked at the end, therefore engages with product management, engineering, and operations to ensure testing is included in all aspects of the product development lifecycle.
Defines, implements, and manages the testing and test data management tools for development, quality control, regression, security, operations, and post implementation testing.
Shapes and leads the test engineering teams, functional and non-functional test, regression.
Is a software engineer at heart and coaches and mentors our product engineering team in modern software development practices such as unit testing, TDD, A/TDD (BDD), static analysis, and more.
Continuously measures and analyzes software quality using metrics, as well as providing accurate and timely updates and dashboards on the state of software releases and production to the software development teams, stakeholders and clients as needed.
How you will provide meaningful contributions:
Tooling and Data ManagementHas a good knowledge of the test tools in the market and will review the tools that InvestCloud uses today to ensure they are being used optimally, upgrading or moving to more appropriate tool sets.
Learns from others in the industry and keeps in touch with developments.
InvestCloud currently operates with WebDriver, xUnit, Specflow, Jasmine, Karma, Selenium, Load Runner, MABL, and has home-grown test tools for the APL platform.
Leads the testing teamsAt InvestCloud we have system integration test and performance test teams, this role will lead these teams and continually improve the way we validate, and regression test, the IC products.
Coaching and mentoring An expert in Acceptance and Test-Driven Development, with hands on knowledge you can work with the development teams and teach them clean code and TDD approaches and techniques.
Work with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Business System Analysts to teach, coach and review the application of Behavior Driven Development practices and processes.
Support and grow the skills of the System Integration Test team, enabling them to move further up the value chain of quality, using techniques such as exploratory testing, black box, etc.
Quality metrics, dashboards, and reportingDefines the dashboards, and test tracking process and ensures they are produced and accurate.
Ensures there is effective communication and collaboration with the delivery teams and are fully aware of the status and priorities of defects.
Provides the right level of information and reports to leadership and clients, as needed.
Drives metric definition, collection, and analysis of the quality of each release and the InvestCloud product set.
Uses metrics to help discover areas that need improvement, and to assess if the improvement actions have made a positive impact.
Basic Qualifications for Consideration:
Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or in a relevant field.
10
years of experience in the software development field.
Must have testing skills; A/TDD techniques and processes, unit testing, functional validation testing, all aspects of performance, security and code quality analysis static and dynamic.
Hands on experience with behavior driven development.
Deep knowledge of the software quality industry, well versed in the latest software testing approaches.
Experience of leading teams and influencing developers and product management Must have experience with software system design and architecture.
Knowledge of build pipelines, continuous integration and delivery.
Not necessarily hands on experience but good working knowledge and is able to influence the best solution for product.
Familiarity with Git.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Skills / Experience Knowledge of the financial services industry, ideally wealth management Experience and knowledge of DevOps.
Strong knowledge of Clean Code About InvestCloudHeadquartered in Los Angeles with a global presence, InvestCloud develops first-class, financial digital solutions, pre-integrated into the cloud.
By empowering investors and managers with a single version of the integrated truth through its unique digital platform, InvestCloud creates beautifully designed client experiences and intuitive operations solutions using an ever-expanding library of digital modular apps.
The result? Powerful products for individual investors and institutions alike, assembled on-demand to meet clients' specific needs.
The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
The salary may also be adjusted based on the applicant's geographic location.
Salary range:
$150,000 - $165,000InvestCloud is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
#LI-HJ1 Recommended Skills Architecture Communication Computer Engineering Continuous Integration Dashboard Data Management Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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