QA Lead

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA Engineers and Senior QA Engineers.
• Define and implement QA strategies, testing standards, and best practices.
• Plan, estimate, and allocate QA resources across multiple projects.
• Review product requirements and collaborate with Product Managers, Developers, and Business Analysts to ensure testability.
• Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and testing strategies.
• Drive automation testing initiatives and improve test coverage.
• Oversee functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, sanity, API, performance, and compatibility testing.
• Identify, track, prioritize, and verify defects using bug-tracking tools.
• Monitor product quality metrics and provide regular QA reports to stakeholders.
• Ensure timely releases by managing testing cycles and release sign-offs.
• Continuously improve QA processes, frameworks, and testing methodologies.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives in Agile environments.
• Conduct root cause analysis for production issues and implement preventive quality measures.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Strong expertise in Manual Testing and Test Planning.
• Hands-on experience with Automation Testing using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Appium.
• Experience in API testing using Postman, Swagger, or REST Assured.
• Strong understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, or Bugzilla.
• Knowledge of SQL for database validation and testing.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in performance testing using JMeter or similar tools.
• Exposure to security testing concepts.
• Experience testing web, mobile, and RESTful applications.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• ISTQB Certification or equivalent is a plus.
• Experience in AI-assisted testing tools and modern QA practices is an advantage.

What We're Looking For

• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Ability to build and improve QA processes from the ground up.
• Passion for delivering high-quality software.
• Excellent attention to detail and a quality-first mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
• Collaborative approach with cross-functional teams.

Why Join Us?

• Work on innovative and challenging technology products.
• Opportunity to lead and shape the QA function.
• Collaborative and growth-oriented work environment.
• Exposure to modern testing tools, automation frameworks, and CI/CD practices.
• Career growth opportunities and ownership of quality initiatives.