Automation Testing Lead volunteer opportunity at iLevelUP: unpaid work with Quality Assurance (QA) Team. This is a fully remote role.
Automation Testing Lead: remote volunteer opportunity
Guide an automated testing approach across functionality, performance, and security. Help volunteer testers choose useful coverage and maintain tests that support dependable releases.
Fully remote | Unpaid volunteer | United States
About iLevelUP
iLevelUP is a free, AI-powered, game-based learning experience being developed by Believe in Me to help young people explore education and career possibilities and build self-confidence. The product is in limited beta. The learner is the main character, and iLevelUP is the guide.
Automation Testing Lead role overview
As an iLevelUP Automation Testing Lead, you will contribute practical expertise to a nonprofit education product in limited beta. Guide an automated testing approach across functionality, performance, and security. Help volunteer testers choose useful coverage and maintain tests that support dependable releases.
You will work with the relevant team to agree on priorities, review progress, and document decisions. Because the product is still developing, clear handoffs and useful feedback matter.
What you will own
Your contribution centers on the responsibilities below. First, understand the current work and the needs of your collaborators. Next, agree on a manageable scope with the team lead. Then, share progress and raise blockers early. Finally, document the decisions that your teammates need for the next step.
Automation Testing Lead responsibilities
- Plan automated coverage for functional, performance, and security checks.
- Review test priorities with development and quality assurance contributors.
- Help testers choose maintainable tools and explain test results.
- Document the testing approach and share useful handoffs with the team.
Early deliverables
- First, review the current software quality assurance and testing work and identify useful next steps with your team lead.
- Next, agree on an initial deliverable, its review criteria, and the people who need to contribute.
- Finally, complete a reviewable piece of work and document what the next contributor needs to know.
Automation Testing Lead required qualifications
- Experience in software testing with a strong emphasis on automation testing.
- Proficiency in automation testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Appium, Jest).
- Familiarity with software development and testing methodologies, particularly Agile.
- Ability to lead and collaborate within a team of volunteers from diverse backgrounds.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Passion for education, technology, and the "Believe in Me" mission.
Automation Testing Lead helpful experience
- Related education, nonprofit, or volunteer project experience can help you understand the context of the work.
- In addition, examples of clear documentation and remote collaboration are useful to share with your application.
How we work
Work with Quality Assurance (QA) Team through approved project tools. In practice, share concise updates, ask for the context you need, and keep decisions in the agreed workspace. For example, explain what you completed, what needs review, and what is blocking the next step. In addition, protect learner and project information when preparing examples or discussing your work.
Why volunteer with iLevelUP
- Contribute to a nonprofit education product at a stage when your decisions can shape the learner experience.
- Own a meaningful body of work and collaborate across education, design, engineering, and student support.
- Develop work samples and share approved contributions in your portfolio while respecting project and learner confidentiality.
Time commitment and location
This is a fully remote, unpaid volunteer opportunity. Weekly availability, meeting times, project scope, and the duration of your commitment will be agreed during onboarding. The published eligibility area for this opening is the United States.
How to apply
First, use the Believe in Me volunteer application to share your résumé or professional profile, relevant experience, availability, and a brief statement of interest. Before submitting, remove personal, confidential, and proprietary information from any work samples.
For the Automation Testing Lead opening, explain a relevant project. For example, describe the problem you addressed and your own contribution. If you are still building experience, describe how your current skills connect with the listed responsibilities. Next, the team will review your application and discuss fit and expectations with selected applicants.
We welcome applicants from varied backgrounds and pathways. Before applying, review this role’s required and helpful experience. Also, if you need an accommodation during the application or interview process, use iLevelUP’s contact page.
Role details
- Role: Automation Testing Lead
- Program: iLevelUP, a Believe in Me initiative
- Employment type: Unpaid volunteer
- Workplace: Fully remote
- Applicant eligibility: United States
- Team: Quality Assurance (QA) Team
- Company address: 107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104
- Job ID: 713
This is a fully remote, unpaid volunteer opportunity. Weekly availability, meeting times, project scope, and the duration of your commitment will be agreed during onboarding. The published eligibility area for this opening is the United States.