Lead QA Engineer

About the Role

In this opportunity as Lead QA Engineer, you will:

• Deliver end-to-end testing solutions for multiple web applications running in Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Lead routine projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Lead QA effort across multiple teams, including interfacing with offshore contractors
• Train and mentor more junior colleagues
• Solve complex problems with minimal guidance
• Influence and articulate compelling QA solutions for customers and products
• Be responsible for planning, designing, maintaining and executing test cases with minimal direction
• Advise middle management on functional matters, or on interpretation of policies and practices
• Bring up risks to manager in a timely fashion and prepare for contingency
• Be responsible for planning, designing, maintaining and executing test cases with minimal direction
• Work with different project teams to ensure functional/regression test suite is up to date and remains relevant
• Be responsible to ensure functional testing and automation of client applications is completed before releasing each product version
• Provide input to department objectives and goals of a sub-Business Unit or function
• Interact and negotiate effectively with internal or external customers
• Work with Product Management team during estimation meetings, requirements gathering, and design writing process

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Lead QA Engineer if your background includes:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field is (preferred)
• 6+ years' experience in a related field, including regression testing, automation testing, test case design etc.
• Experience with Java and the Selenium automation framework is preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server/relational databases is preferred
• Explain difficult concepts and influence others to adopt a point of view for ideas and initiatives
• Great team player and able to work efficiently with minimal supervision 
• Communicate effectively by adjusting communication style to audience
• Lead routine projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Train and mentor more junior colleagues
• Proven experience with the full software development lifecycle from planning to implementation and maintenance

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What's in it For You?

You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexi