Senior QA Engineer - SDET [T500-24633]

About YipitData: YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and recently raised up to $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation over $1B. We analyze billions of alternative data points every day to provide accurate, detailed insights on ridesharing, e-commerce marketplaces, payments, and more. Our on-demand insights team uses proprietary technology to identify, license, clean, and analyze the data many of the world’s largest investment funds and corporations depend on. For three years and counting, we have been recognized as one of Inc’s Best Workplaces . We are a fast-growing technology company backed by The Carlyle Group and Norwest Venture Partners. Our offices are located in NYC, Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, Seattle

, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Singapore. We cultivate a people-centric culture focused on mastery, ownership, and transparency.

As Our Senior QA Engineer, You Will:

• Build, manage, and mentor a team of QA engineers (manual + automation).
• Define and enforce best practices for test planning, execution, and automation.
• Develop and own the test strategy for all products — web, mobile, API, backend.
• Review test plans and ensure coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.
• Oversee both manual and automated test execution during release cycles.
• Drive initiatives to improve test efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to ensure smooth releases and high quality.
• Report on quality metrics and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Own the defect lifecycle management and risk mitigation process.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools/technologies to improve QA capabilities.
• Participate in resource planning, hiring, and performance reviews. This is a fully-remote opportunity based in India. Standard work hours are from 8 am to 5pm IST.

You Are Likely to Succeed If you:

• 10+ years of experience in QA, with at least 3+ years in a QA

leadership or

managerial role.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science or related field with a solid foundation in computer science.
• Hands-on experience in both

manual and

automation testing .

• Proven experience in managing QA for

Agile/Scrum teams and using JIRA/Confluence.

• Have experience in formulating quality standards, testing technical specifications, and standard construction.
• Good experience in improving test efficiency, reliability, and training junior members of the QA team.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Bonus Points If You:

• Experience in a big-data or high-growth product environment.
• Familiarity with performance, mobile, and security testing tools (e.g., JMeter, OWASP ZAP).
• Experience managing teams across time zones or remote teams.
• PMP certification.

What We Offer: Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary:

• We care about your personal life and we mean it. We offer vacation time, parental leave, team events, learning reimbursement, and more!
• Your growth at YipitData is determined by the impact that you are making, not by tenure, unnecessary facetime, or office politics. Everyone at YipitData is empowered to learn, self-improve, and master their skills in an environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.