Quality Assurance (QA) Lead - La Vega
Software | Hybrid in La Vega, Dominican Republic | Full Time
About Us:
Champro® is a privately-owned sporting goods and apparel manufacturer that has been in business for 30+ years. We deliver high-value, traditional & innovative athletic equipment and apparel via outstanding, integrity-driven customer service. Our business philosophy is focused on our customers and we take pride in providing them with the best overall values in team sports products.
Responsibilities:
- Build and develop a skilled QA team, including hiring, onboarding, and mentoring new
- members.
- Lead the QA team in planning, executing, and delivering high-quality software testing
- initiatives.
- Develop, execute, and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and scripts.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for web
- applications.
- Guide and mentor QA team members, providing support, feedback, and technical
- expertise.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project managers to ensure clear
- understanding of requirements and high test coverage.
- Identify, document, and track software defects using test management and bug tracking
- tools.
- Drive the adoption and enhancement of test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium,
- Cypress).
- Validate APIs and backend processes using tools like Postman.
- Write and review SQL queries to validate test data and ensure data integrity.
- Ensure cross-browser, responsive, and mobile compatibility testing.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, representing QA perspectives and priorities.
- Coordinate with DevOps for test integration in CI/CD pipelines.
- Manage post-release validation and coordinate production testing efforts.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in software testing, with at least 1–2 years in a lead or senior
role.
Strong experience with manual and automated testing for web applications and APIs.
Proficient in writing SQL queries for data validation.
Hands-on experience with bug tracking and test management tools (JIRA, TestRail, etc.).
Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and QA best practices.
Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
Ability to prioritize tasks and manage team workloads effectively.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Experience with test automation tools/frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, or
- Playwright.
- Familiarity with performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
- Programming experience in C#, JavaScript, or another language used in automated
- testing.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps environments.
Company Culture:
We are proud to offer eligible associates a full-range of benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, as well as short-term and long-term disability, 401K, Profit Sharing, paid time off, holidays, and reimbursement toward gym membership fees. A collaborative atmosphere working together to exceed our customers’ expectations, as well as, an Equal Opportunity Employer bringing together diverse individuals to develop new and innovative solutions