Taylor and Francis Looking for Lead, QE&A – Product Tech Support at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

About Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Job Description

Lead – Quality Engineering & Assurance

We are looking to add a Lead – Quality Engineer & Assurance to our technology team in Bengaluru, India who will play a primary role in planning, implementing, leading and executing all aspects of Quality and Testing. You will be responsible for leading a team of Quality Enthusiasts delivering high quality solutions. This position requires hands-on Quality Engineering and Assurance expertise, the ability to take initiative and develop and evolve our QA processes. You will be able to analyse the systems to determine what to test, the priority of those tests and the best way to test.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a team in an Agile development environment & mentor the team technically
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Business analysts, Architects, Developers & DevOps) on a commonly agreed process leading to higher Quality deliverables
• Establishing and evolving solid QE processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices
• Working with the QE team through all the aspects of Quality Engineering including Test planning, Estimating, Test designing, Test Automation, Test execution, and Defining & Tracking Quality metrics to ensure quality goals are met
• Drive the test automation framework development for UI & API components and enable the team to embrace it

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in testing complete stack of Web solutions hosted in AWS
• Hands on experience having tested Salesforce & e-com based solutions. This should include having tested the complete solution stack i.e., UI, Business layer (API), DB & Non-functional
• Hands on experience in analyzing business requirements into Testable solutions, designing Use cases/Test cases for a larger coverage, UI and API testing, functional testing, performance testing and load testing
• Demonstrated setting up continuous testing methodology with test automation experience using associated tools & framework: Selenium/ Serenity, TestNG, RestAssured/Karate, Jmeter/BlazeMeter, Maven, Github, Travis (CI /CD)
• Experience in managing QE practices in cross functional teams.
• Experience in working with Service delivery organizations to enrich customer experience
• A critical and analytical thinker
• A team player who works well with internal stakeholders and external vendors; ability to build and maintain relationships
• Ability to prioritize projects and meet deadlines; delegate tasks effectively
• Detail orientated with the ability to follow up consistently
• Positive attitude with the ability to self-drive and self-motivate; ability to flex and adapt to sudden changes

Additional Information

24 days annual leave

4 volunteering days annually

Day off for your birthday

Pension contributions

Medical insurance for self and dependants; life cover and personal accident cover for self

Seasonal social and charitable events

Training and development

Blended style and flexi working time

Right tools for remote working

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

You must have the right to work and live in the India

This role is based at our Bangalore office or may be remote

We would like to thank all applicants in advance and regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified