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DELOITTE DIGITAL

Lead QA Specialist

Your Story

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Your Journey with Us

The Lead Quality Assurance Specialist in software engineering will lead the QA function to ensure high-quality software artifacts. This role will focus on strategic oversight, process innovation, and client-focused testing while mentoring teams.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level in a challenging international environment, focusing on continuous learning and dynamic teamwork, you're ready for Deloitte Digital.

How you will Make an Impact

In all your interactions—with clients, project managers, developers, architects, and stakeholders—your expertise as a Quality Engineer will be instrumental in ensuring excellence. You're detail-oriented, proactive, and deeply committed to advancing quality standards and best practices. Your technical acumen is exceptional, and you have a proven ability to identify risks, simplify quality processes, and translate complex requirements into clear, actionable quality criteria that safeguard the integrity and quality of our solutions.

Your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Leads and advances the quality assurance function by setting strategy, managing other QA team members, and aligning QA with organizational and project objectives
• Develops QA processes and procedures, including standards for testing methodologies and continuous improvement.
• Prepares comprehensive test plans, strategies, and scripts tailored to client requirements, ensuring coverage of functional, non-functional, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Manage and mentor any additional QA personnel introduced as the function grows, ensuring effective performance, training, and alignment with QA objectives.
• Introduce and maintain innovative testing practices such as test automation and selects and administers appropriate QA toolsets

Execution Duties:

• Executes test plans, strategies, and scripts for clients, performing manual and automated testing while tracking defects and reporting results.
• Reviews test outcomes daily, troubleshoots issues in systems under test, and coordinates regression, UAT, and performance testing.
• Manages QA-related meetings, and work closely with the software engineers providing feedback to drive timely issue resolution.

Innovation and Leadership

• Onboards innovative testing approaches, such as test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium for UI/functional tests), CI/CD integration, and AI-driven tools to enhance efficiency and quality
• Mentors QA team members and fosters skill development
• Collaborates with development, product, and client teams to integrate QA into software engineering processes and advise on quality best practices

Let’ s Talk About You

At Deloitte, leaders at every level are characterised by their ability to inspire, support and provide opportunities for people to deliver their best and grow both as professionals and human beings.

How to Stand Out?

• Proven experience leading QA/Testing in software engineering environments, with end‑to‑end ownership of QA outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of software testing principles, methods and types (functional, regression, integration, usability, performance, load, security, UAT support, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience designing and executing test strategies, test plans, test cases and test scripts for complex systems and client implementations.
• Solid experience with test automation concepts and tools (e.g. UI, API and integration test frameworks) and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices (Agile/Scrum, DevOps, continuous delivery, etc) and how QA operates within them.
• Ability to define and govern QA processes, metrics and standards, and to drive continuous improvement across teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to challenge constructively and explain quality risks and trade‑offs to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Leadership and mentoring skills, including task delegation, coaching, feedback and fostering a culture of ownership and accountability for quality.

The role also requires:

• A degree in computer science or related field
• 5 years + in software QA
• Proficiency in automated testing tools such as Selenium, etc.
• Knowledge of software development life cycles such as Agile
• Scripting to support software domain needs within the QA space
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are essential for identifying issues in complex software systems.

Our Story

Alongside all of Deloitte, we foster the connections necessary to shape a better future for our clients, our culture, our society, and our planet.

Who says work can't be fun? At Deloitte Digital, the worlds of business, creativity, and technology intersect to transform how we work, play, and communicate. We believe in our people, and we understand that quality of life directly impacts the quality of work, which is why our flexible work environment and distinctive culture are something we are proud of. As leaders in digital, we are committed to bringing future-forward ideas into Reality and pushing the edges of digital technology whilst working with some of the world's largest brands.

Why Deloitte?

As a Purpose-led organisation, at the heart of everything we do is a set of timeless principles that distinguish the Deloitte culture. We foster diversity and inclusion and encourage you to bring your authentic self to work. Explore, question, and collaborate while building a career that inspires and energises you. We tailor a personalised learning experience, offering you the opportunity to grow at your own pace and achieve maximum impact.

Life looks different for each of us, so we created a varied benefits package that you can tap into:

• Four-day work week during July and August.
• Health Insurance cover for yourself and your dependents.
• Mental health support through sponsored therapy sessions.
• Hybrid working option
• Digital learning, mentoring and regular performance snapshots.

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