QA Team Lead

Summary

Join Awesome Motive's Thrive Themes team as a QA Team Lead, leading a small team of manual and automated QA engineers. You will ensure the timely delivery of high-quality, bug-free code by overseeing testing of integrated plugins and websites. This role involves hands-on testing, test automation development, and managing team workload and professional development. A key responsibility is leading the QA strategy to transition from manual to automated testing. You will monitor software development stages, coordinate team efforts to resolve system malfunctions, and meet quality standards. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, excellent communicator, and skilled mentor who embraces AI-driven automation.

Requirements

• Proven work experience in web-software quality assurance, 5+ years
• Experience with automated browser testing frameworks, 3+ years
• Demonstrable experience in leading, mentoring, or managing a small QA team, including assessing skillsets and producing continuing improvement plans
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Good knowledge of software development methodology and software lifecycle processes
• Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Experience with Git and working with different branches
• Experience in writing code or tests with PHP
• Experience with testing APIs
• Testing 3rd-party integrations (payment and marketing providers)
• Experience using AI tools like Cursor, Github CoPilot, ChatGPT, Claude
• English at the upper intermediate level or higher
• Personal Computer with Internet Access
• Availability to participate in audio/video meetings between 9AM ET and 11:30AM ET

Responsibilities

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Produce thorough, stable and clean tests conforming to our standards
• Transitioning manual tests to automated tests
• Maintain and oversee the team's maintenance of our suite of tests
• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs, ensuring the team follows best practices
• Extend our documentation
• Liaise with internal teams to identify system requirements and improve development procedures
• Manage the day-to-day workload and priorities of 2-3 manual and automated QA engineers
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to your QA team members. This includes regular 1:1s and quarterly reviews
• Oversee and contribute to the creation and execution of test plans and test cases
• Report on team progress, test coverage, and quality metrics
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment
• Participate in sprint planning and other agile ceremonies, representing the QA team's capacity and needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with WordPress
• Experience with Codeception
• Experience with Continuous Integration (preferably GitHub Actions)
• Experience with performance and/or security testing
• Knowledge and practical experience with MySQL and database structure
• ISTQB certificate
• Previous remote work experience
• Experience with project management or task tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Zenhub, Asana)

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment for all full-time team members during their employment
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance benefits for full-time U.S. employees
• Health Insurance benefits for all employees in India, Pakistan, Brazil, Philippines, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Nepal, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Argentina & Jamaica
• Work from your home
• Flexible PTO after 90 days of employment
• Holidays (based on your location)
• Paid Parental Leave
• We happily provide or reimburse software you’ll need as well as books or courses that promote continued learning
• We cover all costs of company travel (including our annual all-company retreat and mini-team meetups)
• Additional Perks include AM Welcome Box for new team members, Yearly Anniversary Gifts, and Technology Stipend each work anniversary
• We give you the opportunity to solve challenging and meaningful problems that make a difference
• Ability to work with some of the best people in the business through frequent, if not daily, interactions