QA Lead- Automation Testing

• Lead, mentor, and manage the QA team; handle work allocation, task tracking, performance, and technical reviews.
  
• Define and implement QA strategy, test plans, automation strategy, and quality standards. Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end automation frameworks.
  
• Conduct automation code reviews and ensure coding, testing, and documentation standards. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish automated quality gates. Drive shift-left testing, continuous testing, and automation-first QA practices.
  
• Introduce and implement AI/Agentic AI-powered testing, including AI-based test-case generation, test execution, failure analysis, test-data generation, and automation maintenance.
  
• Monitor QA metrics including automation coverage, defect leakage, regression stability, and release quality. Work closely with Development, Product, DevOps, and Business teams to ensure high-quality releases.
  
• Perform root-cause analysis of critical defects and drive preventive actions. Evaluate and introduce new testing tools and technologies to improve productivity and quality
  

Requirements

• 8+ years of QA/testing experience, including significant hands-on automation experience.
  
• Strong expertise in tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, or equivalent.
  
• Strong programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar. Experience with API automation, UI automation, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, etc.
  
• Experience with TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, Cucumber, or equivalent frameworks.
  
• Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC, STLC, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  
• Proven experience in QA team leadership, task allocation, mentoring, and code/test reviews.
  
• Good knowledge of SQL/database testing. Strong analytical, debugging, communication, and problem-solving skills
  

Benefits

• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI testing tools, or Agentic AI frameworks.
  
• Experience implementing AI-driven/self-healing test automation.
  
• Performance testing experience using JMeter or similar tools. Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, Microservices, and APIs. Experience testing enterprise SaaS/ERP applications.
  
• Ideal Candidate A hands-on technical QA leader who can balance team leadership with automation development, drive continuous improvement, and build a modern AI-enabled Quality Engineering practice