Lead Test Engineer

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Full Time St Louis, Missouri Posted 09/18/2025 Business unit: Product and Technology Areas of interest: Information Technology, QA/Testing Requisition Number: 2025-61518 ISW335
This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Are you skilled at guiding test engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software? As a Lead Test Engineer at Spectrum, you will oversee the design and implementation of testing frameworks, drive automation strategies, and mentor your team to elevate our product standards. Your leadership will ensure Spectrum’s products perform optimally and meet business objectives, making a meaningful impact on our commitment to quality. 


How You’ll Make an Impact 

  • Provide test automation architectural direction and leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to other testing team members 
  • Define automated testing best practices, code standards, processes and procedures, including frameworks to standardize testing automation; develop automation testing strategies and estimation models to plan test schedules based on project scope or delivery dates 
  • Identify and implement automated testing tools and infrastructure, managing tool upgrades and determining license needs and costs  
  • Define and track quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status 
  • Actively and independently acquire and analyze data for software process evaluation and improvements and integrate them into business processes to address the business needs 
  • Perform both back-end system and front-end UI triage and troubleshooting when identifying defects; diagnose highly complex issues and evaluate, recommend and execute the best resolution 
  • Deliver quality process training to technical staff and act as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners 
  • Perform quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed 
  • Ensure alignment between business operational strategies and quality assurance of our products; develop, modify, enhance and implement test plans designed to support new or evolving business initiatives

Working Conditions 

  • Office environment 

What You’ll Bring to Spectrum  


Required Qualifications  


Education 

  • BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience

Experience

  • 7+ years of system development and/or business experience with coding, testing and design 

Skills 

  • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English  
  • In-depth experience with automation scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, Ruby or similar  
  • Proficient in test tools (HPQC, TestRail, etc.,)  
  • Effective communicator (written and verbal)  
  • Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables and work well with shifting priorities 
  • Self-starter, self-motivated and driven  
  • Ability to work with cross-functional team of internal and external resources  
  • Effective attention to detail and organizational skills 
  • Display professional, positive, and approachable attitude/demeanor and discretion  
  • Critical thinker, ability to negotiate with key stakeholders and maintain positive attitude  
  • Understanding of database schemas and querying tools  
  • Demonstrated in-depth understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and test automation framework and tools 
  • Creative solving of technical problems to ensure the ability to translate technical requirements into test plans  
  • Ability to track multiple test efforts simultaneously and to be able to synthesize the results in fast paced environment  
  • Demonstrated in-depth analytical and problem-solving skills  
  • Ability to lead a team through effective delegation, training, conflict management and motivation  
  • In-depth experience leading teams 

ISW335 2025-61518 2025

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