Lead Test Engineer

2 weeks ago


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Gartner Full time US$ 1,50,000 - US$ 2,00,000 per year

About Gartner IT :
Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About this role:
Gartner is looking for a Lead Software Quality Engineer who is highly proficient in Test Automation and has a strong experience in Manual Testing to join the Conferences Insights & Analytics team, which is responsible for developing the advanced analytics and reporting that support our conference operations.

What you'll do:
As the Testing Lead with Conference Technology, you will play a pivotal role driving test automation efforts for our evolving platform ecosystem by championing quality best practices, and leveraging automation tools to set new benchmarks in testing excellence.

  • Testing Automation Leadership: Design and deploy automated testing frameworks for ETL pipelines, analytical databases, DataMart, and data lakes.
  • Quality Champion: Foster a quality-first mindset, Continuously assess and optimize QA processes, introducing innovative methodologies and tools to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability. Identify gaps, challenge existing processes, and drive transformative change in testing and data quality assurance.
  • Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing test engineering team.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to define requirements and acceptance criteria, supporting data initiatives.
  • Provide defect metrics and trends analysis to project teams.

What you will need:
Strong IT professional with 5-7 years of experience in software testing, with in-depth experience and knowledge of Data Warehousing/BI Testing. The candidate should have strong qualitative and quantitative problem-solving skills along with high on ownership and accountability

Must have:

  • BE/BS degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Systems or relational functional field) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience
  • 2+ years of experience managing/leading QA/Test processes & team.
  • Experience of Agile Software Development & Testing methods for deployment in cloud environments.
  • Experience in any ETL and Reporting tool with a cloud-based database/data lakes.
  • Extensive experience in writing and troubleshooting complex SQL queries.
  • Experience in validating the dashboards/reports on any reporting tool like Power BI/ Tableau.
  • Experience in different types of testing like Black Box testing, Smoke testing, Functional Testing, System Integration testing, Regression testing, End-to-End Testing, Stress Testing etc.
  • Hands-on experience on Project and Test management tools JIRA, AIO etc.
  • Strong understanding of basic concepts to testing principles, TDD, and all types of Black/Grey Box testing

Nice to Have :

  • AI Tooling: Experience implementing AI/ML-driven tools for test case generation, data validation, anomaly detection, and regression testing.
  • Experience in scripting languages like Python/Java to create automated Test Scripts.
  • Knowledge and experience with Selenium, Playwright.
  • Good understanding of API Testing and best practices.
  • Experience in Performance testing with tools like JMeter.
  • Exposure to Cloud based platforms and pipelines like Azure Data Factory.
  • Experience in Master Data Management (MDM) Testing.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.
  • Owns success – Takes responsibility for the successful delivery of the solutions.
  • Strong desire to improve upon their skills in tools and technologies

Don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

Who are we?
At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we've grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That's why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?
Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

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Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

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