Lead QA Engineer

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Hogarth is the Global Content Production Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media – both established and emerging.

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever‑changing world of today’s content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.

WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around three days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We are looking for an exceptional and self‑motivated Lead QA Engineer to support several exciting projects in Sunnyvale, CA. You will own the quality and testing efforts of the team to ensure completion of the quality assurance deliverables, adherence to quality and development processes, and drive on‑time project releases. You will play a crucial role in the delivery of high‑quality projects meeting our client’s needs.

You’ll also collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver projects in a fast‑paced environment.

• Lead a team of QA engineers and SDETs, driving quality initiatives, establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met
• Participate in all aspects of QA product lifecycle: scoping, strategizing, test case creation and execution including feature, regression, integration, and end‑to‑end testing
• Review technical requirements, author detailed test plan, and test case documentation
• Identify, isolate and replicate software defects, research root causes, debug issues, and propose regression tests to discover reoccurrences
• Coach, lead and mentor junior/new team members and coordinate internal knowledge sharing sessions
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional, design specifications, and requirements
• Escalate any QA issues to cross‑functional teams and push for a suitable resolution in a timely manner
• Constantly seek opportunities to improve our quality and testing approach
• Promoting QA productivity through automation, tools, and other best practices
• Report and drive increased test automation coverage in all areas
• Ability to handle multiple projects and adapt to priority changes in a fast‑paced environment
• Lead the overall QA Activities, plan and assign tasks to the team to meet project deadlines
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Developers, Content Managers and Release…