Lead Quality Assurance Engineer (Automation)

About AiSensy

AiSensy is a WhatsApp-based Marketing & Engagement platform built on the Official WhatsApp Business APIs. We help 210,000+ businesses and 10,000+ partners—including ISVs, resellers, and affiliates—scale their customer engagement and drive revenue through intelligent automation and communication.

• Recognized as Meta's Emerging Partner of the Year 2023 and CTWA Partner of the Year 2024
• Over ₹4,000 Crores in revenue driven for clients
• Trusted by India's top D2C, eCommerce, and enterprise brands

AiSensy is among India's fastest-growing B2B SaaS startups, redefining how businesses connect with customers.

As a Lead – QA (Automation Focus), you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of AiSensy's web and mobile applications. You'll focus primarily on automation testing (90%) across UI, backend, and APIs, with a small share of manual validation (10%) for exploratory and edge-case scenarios.

This is a hands-on role where you will design, develop, and maintain robust test automation frameworks for scalable SaaS products, collaborating with developers, product managers, and DevOps to ship high-quality releases faster.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Testing – Web & Mobile (90%)

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test suites for web and mobile applications using tools like Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar.
• Automate backend, API, and integration tests using Rest Assured, Postman (Newman), or similar tools.
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks for UI, functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Integrate automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Ensure cross-browser and cross-device compatibility through automated scripts.
• Generate test execution reports and maintain dashboards for automation coverage and pass/fail metrics.
• Collaborate with developers to improve automation efficiency and testability of features.

Manual Testing – Web & Mobile (10%)

• Perform exploratory, usability, and ad-hoc testing for new features.
• Validate critical workflows and perform final regression checks before releases.
• Identify gaps in automation coverage and address them in subsequent sprints.

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and QA strategy discussions.
• Track defects, create detailed bug reports, and verify fixes.
• Provide input on testability during requirements and design phases.

Must-Have Skills

• 6+ years of experience in software testing, with strong automation expertise in web and mobile platforms.
• Proficiency in automation tools: Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured.
• Hands-on scripting experience in Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Strong knowledge of API automation and testing RESTful services.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and QA best practices.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter or k6.
• Knowledge of cloud-based testing platforms like BrowserStack or Sauce Labs.
• Familiarity with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, Behave, JBehave).
• Knowledge of Node.js or JavaScript ES6 for API interaction
• Exposure to CI/CD tools, Git, and test reporting frameworks
• Prior experience at a startup or product-based company

Why Join AiSensy

• Contribute to a high-impact product used by India's leading brands
• Work on real QA challenges at scale
• Be part of a supportive, fast-paced team culture
• Grow in a company with strong vision, backing, and market traction
• Flat hierarchy, learning ownership, and a focus on career growth

Excited to grow your QA career in a high-growth tech startup

Apply now and be a part of the AiSensy journey!