Senior Software QA Analyst
Keyfactor, Inc.2 months ago
Barcelona, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and own a comprehensive risk-based test strategy spanning functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Transform manual regression into a prioritized automation-first process by risk-tiering coverage, retiring redundant cases, and driving the automation backlog.
- Design and maintain test plans and test cases for significant product features.
- Identify, document, track, and triage defects in collaboration 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 test-layer ownership.
- Partner with Development to define the unit-test layer and testing boundary for critical modules such as signing and authentication.
- Maintain test documentation, quality metrics, and reporting for engineering leadership.
- Drive continuous improvement in QA methodologies, tooling, processes, and regression safeguards.
- 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 ability to assess, prioritize, rationalize, and reduce large or bloated test suites using risk-based test strategy.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and influence skills, including participation in product design reviews and negotiation of testing ownership.
- Solid test-automation literacy sufficient to prioritize automation backlogs and evaluate unit, API, and UI test layers.
- Experience with test-management tooling, manual testing, defect tracking, and traceability practices.
- Ability to lead complex initiatives, drive strategic change, and influence cross-functional decision-making.
- Extensive knowledge of quality methodologies, industry trends, 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 practices.
- Preferred understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing integration.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model in Barcelona, Spain.
- Full-time employment.
- Second Fridays company-wide day off, subject to change.
- Comprehensive global benefits coverage and competitive time off.
- Paid parental leave, adoption support, and fertility support.
- Wellbeing resources, wellness allowance, mindfulness app membership, and Wellness Wednesdays.
- Global Volunteer Day, nonprofit matching, and three volunteer days off.
- Professional development through monthly talent development and cross-functional meetings.
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.