Loadrunner Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Management:

• Lead and manage a team of Quality Assurance engineers, providing mentorship, technical guidance, and performance reviews.
• Assign tasks, set priorities, and ensure the timely execution of testing activities.
• Foster a culture of quality, continuous learning, and collaboration within the QA team.

Test Planning & Strategy:

• Define and drive the overall test strategy and test plans for each release, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and timely execution.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and business stakeholders to understand product requirements and design test cases that ensure high product quality.

Manual & Automated Testing:

• Oversee both manual and automated testing efforts, ensuring proper test case creation, execution, and defect tracking.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of automated test scripts using industry-standard testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, JUnit).
• Manage and execute regression, functional, integration, system, and user acceptance tests to ensure software integrity.

Defect Management & Issue Resolution:

• Identify, track, and report defects, collaborating with development teams to resolve issues promptly and efficiently.
• Drive defect triage sessions to prioritize and ensure timely resolution of high-impact issues.
• Ensure defects are clearly documented, with detailed steps to reproduce, expected vs. actual behavior, and relevant logs.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify areas of improvement in testing processes and workflows, ensuring consistent quality and performance.
• Proactively recommend and implement process improvements to increase testing efficiency, automation coverage, and test effectiveness.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Communicate testing progress, risks, and challenges to relevant stakeholders, providing regular updates on the status of testing efforts and defect resolution.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure a shared understanding of quality goals and expectations.
• Organize and lead sprint reviews, retrospectives, and testing-related meetings.

Test Documentation & Reporting:

• Maintain comprehensive and up-to-date test documentation, including test cases, test plans, and test reports.
• Track key quality metrics and deliver test results in a clear, concise format for stakeholders, ensuring full visibility into product quality.

Risk Management:

• Assess product risk areas, potential impact, and severity of defects and work with the team to address and mitigate risks.
• Actively identify gaps in testing coverage and work with the development team to address these areas before release.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Experience:
  • 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance testing, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management position.
  • Proven experience in both manual and automated testing, with expertise in writing test cases, executing tests, and tracking defects.
  • Familiarity with a variety of testing techniques, including functional, regression, integration, system, and performance testing.
  • Proficient in test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Experience with bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Bugzilla, TestRail).
• Leadership & Soft Skills:
  • Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring QA teams, setting clear goals, and driving high performance.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot and address complex issues.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to clearly convey technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Technical Skills:
  • Solid understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
  • Familiarity with performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner is a plus.
  • Experience with mobile application testing is a plus.
  • Knowledge of security testing or experience working with security-focused applications is a plus.

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 36,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 126,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post