InOpTra Digital - Senior Engineer/Lead Tester

Description :

Role Overview :

The Senior Engineer / Lead Tester will be responsible for driving the testing strategy, ensuring end-to-end quality across applications, and providing leadership to the QA team. This role requires strong hands-on expertise in test automation, test planning, and quality engineering practices. The ideal candidate combines deep technical testing skills with the ability to guide teams, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and continuously improve test processes and tooling.

Key Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Leadership

- Define, own, and execute the test strategy for complex and distributed systems.

- Lead a team of testers, providing technical guidance, review, and coaching.

- Partner with engineering, product, and architecture teams to integrate quality engineering early in the development lifecycle.

- Champion best practices in test automation, CI/CD, and quality governance.

Hands-on Testing & Automation

- Develop and maintain automated test suites across UI, API, performance, and integration layers.

- Build robust frameworks using modern tools and technologies (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, REST Assured, JMeter).

- Execute functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing.

- Ensure high test coverage, reliability, and maintainability of test assets.

Quality Governance & Process Improvement

- Establish test metrics, dashboards, and reporting for release readiness.

- Drive continuous improvement in QA processes, tooling, and automation.

- Implement shift-left testing, risk-based testing, and test optimization techniques.

- Influence development teams to adopt quality-first engineering practices.

Collaboration & Communication

- Work closely with developers, DevOps, product managers, and business analysts to ensure alignment on requirements and deliverables.

- Provide clear defect analysis, root-cause identification, and risk assessments.

- Support release management and production validation activities.

Required Skills & Experience

- 7+ years of experience in software testing, with at least 23 years in a lead/mentor role.

- Strong hands-on expertise in automation frameworks using Java, Python, JavaScript, or similar.

- Proficiency in tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit, REST Assured, Postman, JMeter, etc.

- Solid understanding of API testing, microservices validation, and database testing.

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

- Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, agile methodologies, and quality engineering best practices.

- Experience with cloud-based testing environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) is preferred.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience in performance engineering or security testing.

- Understanding of containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Exposure to BDD frameworks (Cucumber, Behave).

- Experience in leading QA for distributed systems or enterprise-scale applications.

- ISTQB, CSTE, or similar certifications.

Personality & Leadership Traits :

- Quality-driven mindset with strong attention to detail.

- Ability to lead, mentor, and influence cross-functional teams.

- Strong organizational and documentation skills.

- Proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvements.