Quality Engineer (Tester)

About The Role

Project Role :Quality Engineer (Tester)


Project Role Description :Enables full stack solutions through multi-disciplinary team planning and ecosystem integration to accelerate delivery and drive quality across the application lifecycle. Performs continuous testing for security, API, and regression suite. Creates automation strategy, automated scripts and supports data and environment configuration. Participates in code reviews, monitors, and reports defects to support continuous improvement activities for the end-to-end testing process.
Must have skills :Selenium

Good to have skills :JavaScript
Minimum

7.5 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification :15 years full time education

Summary:The Lead QA Automation Engineer plays a critical role in shaping the quality assurance vision and driving automation excellence across multiple squads or projects. This senior role demands deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership skills to architect, implement, and optimize comprehensive automation frameworks. The Lead QA Automation Engineer ensures seamless integration of testing within CI/CD pipelines, mentors QA teams, collaborates cross-functionally to align testing with business priorities, and champions quality as a shared responsibility throughout the software delivery lifecycle.Roles Responsibilities:Define and drive the overall test automation strategy, frameworks, and standards across projects and squadsLead the design, development, and maintenance of highly scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation frameworks supporting functional, regression, integration, and performance testingPartner closely work with Product Owners, Architects, DevOps, and Engineering leads to embed quality from requirements through deploymentMentor and coach QA engineers and automation testers, fostering best practices and continuous skill developmentLead automation efforts for complex, multi-component systems ensuring high coverage and reliabilityDrive continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) best practices including integrating automated tests into pipelines for early feedbackEvaluate and adopt new tools, technologies, and approaches to improve test automation efficiency and effectivenessOversee defect lifecycle management and facilitate cross-team communication to expedite resolutionProvide leadership in root cause analysis and risk mitigation related to quality issuesCollaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and manage interdependencies in testing effortsLead exploratory testing sessions to uncover edge cases and usability issues beyond automated test coverageOwn the quality metrics and reporting to provide transparency on test coverage, automation ROI, and quality health indicatorsDrive innovation in QA processes to enhance product quality and accelerate delivery timelinesProfessional Technical Skills:Must Have Skills:Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps culture, and quality engineering principles with proven leadership experience in automation teamsExpert proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and building custom automation frameworks using Playwright/ Cypress.Hands-on experience designing and implementing test automation solutions for large-scale, distributed applicationsExpertise with cross-browser/cloud testing platforms such as BrowserStack or equivalentAdvanced skills in API testing using Postman, RestAssured, or similar tools with the ability to automate API test suitesStrong experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and infrastructure-as-code for automated deploymentsExperience with BDD frameworks (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow) and integrating them with automation suitesFamiliarity with performance and security testing concepts, tools, and best practicesProven ability to lead, mentor, and build high-performing QA and automation teams
Additional Information:The candidate should have 7 to 10 years of progressive experience in Automation Testing, with a track record of leading automation initiatives and teamsThis position is across all locations. A minimum of 15 years of full-time education is required
Qualification15 years full time education