Lead QA Engineer

Hiring near our Irving, TX and Stamford, CT Centers of Excellence with a flexible environment.

About the Role:

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Test Engineer to support and manage manual and automation test efforts. You should be skilled to adapt in a dynamic environment, manage changing requirements and plan effectively. You should also be committed to developing skills to provide up-to-date solutions.

What you will do:

• Analyze, design, and build manual and automated test cases based on system requirements and design specification. Understand functional content of assigned projects.
• Apply advanced knowledge of QA principles, methodologies, and techniques to test and assure the quality of B2B, B2C software.
• Design the overall testing plan and master test schedule for simple level projects. Perform in a lead capacity role within the team in making decisions for the quality assurance of the project / application
• Analyze defects and recommend quality improvement initiatives for future application / project releases.
• Regularly coach and mentor less experienced team members.
• Manage requirements, stakeholder expectations, stakeholder communication, and competing priorities
• Analyze, design, and build automated test cases based on system requirements and design specification.
• Understand functional content of assigned projects.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent with minimum 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance domain leading and managing a team of people
• Ability to roll up your sleeves and perform hands on tasks.
• Primary responsibility will be to design and automate web application testing using Selenium
• WebDriver, REST API and Appium testing.
• You should be able to develop a test automation framework and optimize the existing framework as per the latest changes, TDD script and debug.
• Experience with REST API testing automation.
• Must have experience working on AI initiatives.
• Knowledge and experience in testing cloud-based SaaS products.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and communication skills (both oral and written).
• Ability to work with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Understanding of product development lifecycle with specific experience in using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Proficient in the use of automated tools used to support testing (e.g. test management, automated testing, defect tracking, etc.

Nice to have:

• Enthusiastic about learning new techniques, strong analytical and problem-solving skill.
• Good judgment, prompt decision-making ability, responsibility, and accountability
• Commitment to teamwork
• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles!

What you will get:

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.
  And much more!

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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 86,000 USD - 118,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

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