Senior QA Engineer (Upto 25 LPA)

Senior QA Engineer

Location: Hybrid, Gujarat

Experience: Minimum 5 years

Salary: Up to ₹25 LPA

Overview We are seeking a

Senior QA Engineer for a leadership-oriented quality engineering role. This position is not merely focused on hands-on testing but emphasizes driving QA strategy and fostering a culture of quality across our web and mobile platforms. Key Responsibilities

• Drive QA Strategy: Lead the QA strategy and quality ownership across web and mobile platforms.
• Team Leadership: Mentor and grow a team of QA engineers, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Modern Tool Adoption: Spearhead QA-related Proofs of Concept (POCs) to evaluate and adopt modern tools, frameworks, and AI-driven practices.
• Non-Functional Quality: Strengthen non-functional quality aspects such as performance, load, and security.
• Testing Frameworks: Establish scalable, reusable, and intelligent testing frameworks.
• Quality Culture: Champion a quality-first culture and promote continuous improvement across the QA function. Core Skills
• Experience: 5+ years of QA experience with proven team management or QA leadership.
• QA Strategy Ownership: Demonstrated track record of owning QA strategy across projects, not just executing tests.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Playwright (web) and Appium + WebdriverIO (mobile) with JavaScript/Node.js and BDD.
• Non-Functional Testing: Hands-on experience with non-functional testing — load, performance, and security.
• CI/CD Integration: Strong experience in CI/CD integration and the ability to set technical direction.
• Stakeholder Communication: Excellent communication skills, comfortable engaging with engineering leads, PMs, and clients.
• SDLC & STLC Understanding: Deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Agile delivery methodologies.

Preferred Skills

• AI-Driven QA Tooling: Experience in introducing AI-driven QA tooling into a team and measuring its impact.
• Security & Performance Tools: Hands-on experience with security testing tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp) and performance tools (e.g., k6, JMeter).
• Consulting Delivery Background: Background in client-facing or consulting delivery environments.
• Database Testing: Exposure to database testing and automation at scale. Business Impact
• Release Predictability: Improve release predictability across client projects.
• Defect Leakage Reduction: Reduce defect leakage to production and lower post-release support load.
• Faster Go-to-Market Cycles: Enable faster go-to-market cycles through reliable, automated quality gates.
• Client Confidence: Strengthen client confidence and delivery quality on global engagements. Success Outcomes
• A high-performing QA team operating with clear ownership and standards.
• A mature, low-flakiness automation footprint integrated into CI/CD.
• Demonstrable adoption of AI-assisted QA practices with measurable gains.
• Consistently high-quality, on-time releases across the projects you own.
• A visible quality-first culture across the teams you influence. Skills: technical proficiency,node.js,appium,qa leadership,sdlc & stlc understanding,senior qa engineer,stakeholder communication,playwright,javascript,webdriverio,team management,ci/cd integration