QA Lead

Position Title: QA Lead

Location: Pune

Experience: 9+ Years

What You Will Do

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the QA automation team
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks
• Lead the implementation of best practices for quality assurance and automation
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and release teams for seamless delivery
• Create, review, and optimize test cases for functional, regression, integration, and system testing
• Drive improvements in test coverage and QA workflows
• Monitor build pipelines and ensure quality standards for deployments and releases
• Report on QA activities, issues, and recommendations
• Conduct and automate API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
• Execute bulk testing and load testing using JMeter or other frameworks
• Perform database validation using SQL queries, including complex joins.

How You Will Do It

• - Apply technical expertise to guide and support QA team members
• - Utilize automation tools and frameworks (Jest, Puppeteer, Selenium (.NET/Java)) to implement comprehensive test suites
• - Develop automation frameworks with a good understanding of design patterns and scalable architecture
• - Collaborate cross-functionally for continuous integration, deployment, and release processes
• - Communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members
• - Use API testing tools for automation and validation (Postman)
• - Prepare and run performance/load tests for bulk operation validation
• - Conduct thorough database testing through SQL queries and joins
• - Leverage understanding of QA processes and pipelines to optimize testing workflows

Required

• - Solid experience in software quality assurance, automation, and technical leadership
• - Expertise with automation tools:
•     - **Preferably Jest and Puppeteer**
•     - Otherwise, **Selenium with .NET**
•     - Otherwise, **Selenium with Java**
• - Comfortable with API testing using Postman or similar tools
• - Proficient in SQL queries and joins for database validation
• - Hands-on experience with bulk/performance/load testing using JMeter or equivalent tools
• - Strong design skills for framework and test suite architecture
• - Good understanding of GraphQL (able to write queries and mutations)
• - Well-versed in overall QA lifecycle, best practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and releases
• - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; proven team player
• - Analytical and detailed approach to problem-solving
• - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• - 9+ years of professional QA and test automation experience
• - Prior experience leading teams and QA projects

Nice to Have

• - Experience testing modern web applications, APIs, and microservices
• - Familiarity with containerization and cloud environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS)
• - Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies

What We Offer

- Opportunity to lead and shape a modern QA practice

- Collaborative environment with talented teams

- Competitive compensation and benefits

- Growth and learning opportunities

*If you are a passionate QA professional with strong automation skills and a talent for technical leadership, we'd love to hear from you*

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