Test Lead

Deltatre is a leading end-to-end provider of premium products and services for global sport and media operators. We push boundaries every day to offer the most reliable, scalable, engaging end-to-end offerings that continually meet and exceed fan expectations and maximise client value. Underpinned by data, we're able to determine the best experiences to drive business growth. Deltatre provides strategy, planning, consultancy across all stages of our client's lifecycle.

Position:

We are looking for a smart, experienced, creative and naturaly inquisitive Test Lead, who has a strong passion for testing and technology. You believe in the importance of embodying our clients' brand into the overall experience and you have a strong understanding or interest in OTT apps.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate work according to company and QA Test Strategy, Automation Strategy and Performance Strategy
• Define and coordinate Test/Automation/Performance strategy for a project
• Attend tech reviews, backlog refinement, sprint and release planning meetings
• Provide task estimates, manage estimations, monitor and control progress
• Participate on Resource planning and long term planning
• Plan/Coordinate/Prioritise work within the team
• Distribute work across team members
• Daily task management for project test team
• Analyse requirements, review test cases
• Identifyand manage risks, escalate issues
• Guiding juniors, mid, and senior test analysts and conduct evaluation reviews and organize knowledge transfer sessions
• Organize, attendand host meetings (project meeting, QA meetings etc.)
• Attend workshops and provide QA feedback
• Organize and hold technical trainings and coaching team members on technical level
• Create QA documentation
• Report issues and results
• Provide status of Team activities and report to Test Manager
• Create and review weekly/monthly/sprint reports
• Set up Automation/Performance testing framework on the project
• Identify areas for improvements and propose changes
• Track testing activities
• Contribute to team processes
• Track, manage, improve, and report Team Health
• Plan and execute tester mentoring, participate in the definition and realization of ADP
• Handle line managers responsibilities to plan and execute mentoring and actively contribute to ADP definition and implementation
• Coordinate the plan, strategy, and test results with client
• Collaboration with project stakeholders – PMs/BA/Dev Leads

Requirements:

Technical Skills

• Knowledge and experience of Agile development cycles
• Advanced experience with all tests - System, SIT, UAT and Regression
• Hands on experience testing services / APIs and mobile applications on Android and iOS
• Familiar with Postman, Charles Proxy, Swagger, SoapUI
• Familiar with Atlassian stack (Jira, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence)
• Familiar with automation testing frameworks
• Knowledge and wide experience in non-functional testing
• Excellent knowledge of at least two Test Management and Defect Management tools
• Excellent organizational and management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Solid understanding of QA processes and goals

Communication

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Team player with a proactive approach
• Proven experience being approachable, trustworthy and well respected by teammates and peers
• Excellent knowledge development and knowledge sharing skills
• Able to clearly communicate technical requirements and write documentation
• Able to make decisions based upon rational, methodical thinking
• Intelligent, enthusiastic, inquisitive

Qualifications

• Technical/Scientific degree preferable
• Minimum Grade B Maths & English GCSE or equivalent
• At least 2 years on a role of test lead or similar
• At least 4 years in a senior test analyst role or similar

We’re looking for someone who is:

• driven to push the boundaries and lead change and performance
• communicative to leave no-one in the dark and to work with your team successfully
• reliable so we know that we can call on you to meet deadlines
• passionate about the latest technologies and standards
• proactive to suggest improvements, identify and fix potential issues
• solid technically speaking, to advise both Clients and internal teams

Our people are key to our success and we pride ourselves on offering a dynamic, creative, innovative and supportive environment. Having the right combination of a 'can-do' approach, strong work ethic, integrity, friendliness and attention to detail is crucial.

Even if you don’t tick all the boxes for one particular role, but you have a keen interest in what we do, send us your details, we may find a suitable match during the interview process.

Deltatre consciously nurtures an environment where each and every team member feels safe to bring their whole selves to work, in which everyone is valued and respected for who they are and what they bring. Everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential, and every team member is expected to treat everyone with dignity and respect, value different perspectives, use inclusive language and work in alignment with Deltatre's commitment to diversity and inclusion. At Deltatre, everyone is welcome and celebrated.

Other information:

Some of our Company perks:

• Global company with huge growth potential
• Team events sponsored by the company
• Free refreshments in the office
• Private health insurance

We are committed to ensuring that we provide equal opportunities for all. Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments or if you have any special requirements for the interview process. Depending on the role this normally includes a written test and interview.