Lead Software Test Engineer

Hi,Shell Recharge Solutions is seeking a Lead Software Test EngineerShell Recharge Solutions is looking for a Lead Software Test Engineer to join our team and oversee a team of engineers maintaining and streamlining projects. A lead ensures and enforces all quality processes and procedures are followed by quality engineers following business needs and compliance. Mentors and provides direction to team members per company's guidelines.Position- Lead Software Test EngineerWhat you’ll do:- Mentor engineer and Sr. Engineers through weekly 1:1 - Track QA sign offs for each of the testing cycles - Interview new hires in QA department - Create KT and other transition plans - Work with QA managers on release schedules - Delegate and distribute tasks to QA engineers like test case writing and reviews. - Review manual and automation test cases - Conduct lessons learned / retrospective meetings - Run daily stand-up calls with QA teams - Work with other leads on standardizing process across QA teams - Direct collaboration with the performance engineer for environment and services health and analysis - Maintain QA documents, templates and job aids - Assess capacity and allocate resources for all releases and test cycles - Review task estimation by engineers - Create dashboards and work on optimization plans and future roadmaps. - Provide detailed weekly report on project status and scope - Innovative technical leadership demonstrated via enhancements, suggestion and/or engagementWhat We’re Looking For:Basic Qualifications- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering or 5+ years of Engineering experience - 7+ years overall QA experience, at least 3 years as a Senior QA Engineer – individual contributor - 3+ years current experience leading projects and teams - 3+ years writing automated tests - 2+ years interacting with development team, program management, and DevOps/SRE when launching features and releases - 5+ years of experience working with AWS, Linux, networked systems and databases - High engagement, high collaboration, and positive working relationship with QA manager - High engagement, high collaboration, and positive working relationship with other Peers, PGM, RM) - Excellent track record of clear, value test additions and documentation - Mastery of implementing and navigating Agile process and procedures - Proactive in scheduling necessary meetings, without direction and implementing solutions. - Confident communicator in multiple contexts (presentations, meetings, etc) - Strong knowledge of automation tools - Work with different departments and upstream and downstream stakeholders like DevOps, Dev leads, Engineering Managers, TMP teams and others - Collaboration and direct engagement with other QA leads for proper coverage and gap analysis.Preferred Qualifications- Experience with white/gray/black box and automation test methods - Demonstrated experience in test planning for complex features/systems - Experience in writing, executing and monitoring test suites using a variety of technologies including, but not limited to, Cucumber, Selenium, ReadyAPI, Postman, Robot Framework - Ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and to be able to synthesize the results - Must be comfortable reading and writing in code - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to provide technical mentorship to other QA engineers - Lead test strategy, automation, and performance testing efforts. - Performance testing is nice to have. - Mentor engineers and champion best practices in QA. - Drive UI automation with Selenium, API testing with selenium rest assured and Postman, and performance testing with Jmeter - Hands-on expertise in automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or similar. - Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and leadership skills. - Very good Testing Tools and Technologies understanding : Docker, Kubernetes, Postman, Jenkins, Java, Eclipse / IntelliJ IDEA,, TestNG, Selenium, SQL, Jira, - 5+yrs of JAVA /Core JAVA programming, - Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices. - Leverage AI-first testing approaches to reduce reliance on manual test scripts. - Improve test execution within CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, containers, cloud) for enhanced speed and scalability. - Apply AI/GenAI tools (e.g., Copilot) to accelerate automation and deliver rapid resultsWhat We Offer:- A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry - The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric vehicle charging software, services and infrastructure - The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas applied to our systems, processes, programs and technologies - Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment. - A casual work environment and culture that support work life ‘fit’, enabling you to fit life into your work and work into your life, i.e. flexible scheduling, virtualization options, and a generous holiday package - Competitive pay and benefits programs designed to enable you to thrive inside and outside of work - Participation in Shell Recharge Solutions’ performance and rewards bonus program - Health benefits for employees - Innovative Paid Time Off Program - 9/80 Flex Work schedule