Senior Software QA Analyst
Keyfactor, Inc.10 hours ago
Barcelona, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Own a comprehensive risk-based test strategy covering functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Transform manual regression into a prioritized automation-first process by rationalizing coverage and driving an automation backlog.
- Design and maintain test plans and cases for significant product features.
- Identify, document, track, and triage defects with Development.
- Participate in product design and refinement reviews to identify quality and testability risks early.
- Coordinate Product, Development, and QA on testing requirements and appropriate test layers.
- Partner with Development to grow unit-test coverage and define the development/QA testing boundary.
- Maintain test documentation, quality metrics, and leadership reporting.
- Drive continuous improvement in QA methodologies, tooling, and processes.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and share QA best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in QA engineering, QA analysis, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience assessing, prioritizing, rationalizing, and reducing large or bloated test suites using risk-based strategy.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and influence across Product and Engineering stakeholders.
- Test-automation literacy sufficient to prioritize automation, select appropriate unit/API/UI layers, and collaborate with automation engineers.
- Experience with test-management tooling, manual testing, defect tracking, and traceability practices.
- Ability to lead complex initiatives, drive strategic change, and influence decisions across functions.
- Extensive knowledge of industry trends, quality methodologies, and cross-functional processes.
- Preferred: exposure to security, PKI, certificate-management, or compliance-sensitive domains.
- Preferred: familiarity with BDD, Gherkin-style specifications, and Cucumber-based test suites.
- Preferred: experience transitioning teams from manual-heavy testing to automation-first testing.
- Preferred: understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated-test integration.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model in Barcelona, Spain.
- Full-time employment.
- Second Fridays company-wide day off, subject to change.
- Comprehensive global benefit coverage and competitive time off.
- Paid parental leave, adoption support, and fertility support, with regional variations.
- Wellbeing resources, wellness allowance, mindfulness app membership, and Wellness Wednesdays.
- Global Volunteer Day, nonprofit matching, and three volunteer days off.
- Talent development and cross-functional meetings supporting professional development.
- Employee-focused culture ambassadors, DEIB initiatives, and regular all-hands gatherings.
Tech Stack
Cucumber
Categories
About Keyfactor, Inc.
Keyfactor builds PKI and machine identity management software, including certificate lifecycle automation and managed PKI (PKIaaS), used by enterprises and government agencies to secure devices, workloads, and applications. The company sells subscription software and services delivered as SaaS and on-premises. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Independence, Ohio, Keyfactor is privately held.