QA Lead Bilingual

At RSI, we?re seeking a QA Lead with experience leading manual testing teams and managing testing activities throughout full release cycles. This is a contractor position through December 2026, with the possibility of extension into 2027.

Key Responsibilities

-) Participate in grooming meetings to review requirements, ask questions, and identify potential gaps or issues before development begins.

-) Estimate testing effort for upcoming projects and releases.

-) Maintain an in-depth understanding of application functionality and serve as a technical resource for other testers.

-) Develop test plans and test executions for each release and distribute testing assignments across the team.

-) Keep the test suite up to date by updating, adding, or archiving test cases as application features evolve.

-) Personally handle the most complex and highest-risk testing activities.

-) Coordinate with project managers and engineers to test complex features involving multiple teams or functional areas.

-) Write and maintain test cases that can be used by the test automation team.

-) Balance leadership responsibilities with hands-on testing, with approximately 50% of the role dedicated to each.

Requirements and Qualifications

-) Experience leading a manual QA team through complete software release cycles.

-) Strong skills in test planning, effort estimation, and requirements review.

-) Experience with Jira and Xray, or similar test management tools.

-) Comfort using AI tools to write and maintain test cases.

-) Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with project managers and developers.

-) Experience testing web applications is required; e-commerce experience is preferred.

-) Familiarity with test automation tools and technologies such as Playwright and TypeScript is a plus, but not required.

-) Availability to work during full U.S. business hours, at minimum until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Contract Details

Contract type: Contractor.

Duration: Through December 2026, with the possibility of extension into 2027.

Working hours: Full U.S. business hours, with availability required until at least 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.