Job Description :

We are looking for a Lead Engineer (QA) with strong experience in manual and automation testing. The candidate will help ensure product quality through test planning, execution, automation development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities :

- Define and drive the QA strategy, test approach, and quality standards for assigned products and releases.

- Translate business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into risk-based test plans, scenarios, and test cases.

- Design and execute manual test cases for web applications.

- Develop, maintain, and improve reliable, reusable automation scripts and frameworks.

- Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing; identify opportunities to expand appropriate test coverage.

- Validate APIs, database transactions, and end-to-end data flows across integrated systems.

- Plan test scope, effort, dependencies, environments, and test data; surface risks and blockers early.

- Integrate and execute automated tests in CI/CD pipelines, and use results to support timely, informed release decisions.

- Establish and communicate quality indicators, test progress, defect trends, coverage, and release risks to stakeholders.

- Lead defect triage and prioritization; ensure defects are clearly documented, tracked, verified, and closed using Jira or Azure DevOps.

- Partner with Product Owners, Developers, and QA teams throughout discovery, development, and release to build quality into the product.

- Mentor and guide QA engineers; review test plans and automation contributions, and encourage consistent testing practices.

- Assess release readiness, communicate residual quality risks, and provide evidence-based recommendations to stakeholders.

- Drive root-cause analysis for escaped defects and recurring failures, and follow through on corrective and preventive actions.

- Identify and champion continuous improvements in test coverage, automation reliability, delivery efficiency, and overall product quality.

- Contribute to non-functional testing priorities - such as performance, security, accessibility, and usability - where applicable to the product.

Key Skills Required :

- 8 - 10 years of experience in manual and automation testing.

- Hands-on experience with an automation framework; Playwright experience is preferred.

- Experience with API testing using Postman.

- Good understanding of SQL and database validation.

- Good understanding of NoSQL queries, especially MongoDB.

- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

- Experience with ETL and Data Analysis.

Good to have Skills :

- Knowledge of AWS services.

- Retail or store technology domain experience, such as POS, inventory, or ordering systems.

- Selenium or Nightwatch experience