Experience :

- 8+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, with strong hands-on experience in automation testing and proven experience leading a QA team.

Job Summary :

We are looking for an experienced QA Automation Lead to lead QA activities across functional, automation, API, database, and performance testing.

The ideal candidate should be technically strong, hands-on with automation frameworks, capable of leading a QA team, and comfortable driving the QA process from planning through delivery.

The candidate should have strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders.

Experience with AI tools and AI-agent development will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead and coordinate QA activities for assigned projects and deliverables.

- Ensure QA stories and assigned tasks are completed on or before the committed timelines.

- Lead the QA team, provide technical guidance, and support team members when required.

- Review requirements and identify appropriate testing scope, scenarios, and risks.

- Define and maintain effective test strategies, test plans, and QA processes.

- Perform and guide functional, regression, integration, API, database, automation, and performance testing.

- Design, develop, maintain, and enhance automated test scripts and frameworks.

- Troubleshoot automation failures and identify opportunities to improve test stability and coverage.

- Collaborate closely with development, product, and business teams to identify and resolve quality issues.

- Participate in defect triage, root-cause analysis, and resolution discussions.

- Identify QA risks, dependencies, and potential delivery issues proactively.

- Ensure appropriate test coverage and maintain high-quality testing standards across releases.

- Mentor and support QA team members in automation, testing practices, and technical skills.

- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, frameworks, and practices.

- Integrate and maintain automated tests within CI/CD pipelines.

- Prepare and communicate QA status, risks, defects, and release readiness to stakeholders.

- Explore and adopt AI-based tools and solutions to improve QA productivity and efficiency.

- Contribute to or develop AI agents/AI-driven automation solutions for testing and QA-related use cases.

Required Technical Skills :

- JavaScript : Strong hands-on experience.

- Cypress : Strong experience in UI automation and framework development.

- API Automation : Experience in API testing and automation.

- JMeter : Hands-on experience in performance/load testing.

- Database Testing : Strong SQL and database validation skills.

- Version Control : Git and related source-control practices.

- CI/CD - Experience integrating and executing automated tests through CI/CD pipelines.

- Strong understanding of Functional Testing and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).

- Experience with test automation framework design, maintenance, and optimization.

- Experience with defect management and test management tools.

QA & Leadership Skills :

- Strong understanding of QA processes, methodologies, and best practices.

- Proven experience in QA Team Lead / Test Lead responsibilities.

- Ability to plan, prioritize, and distribute QA activities across the team.

- Strong ownership and accountability for QA deliverables.

- Ability to identify risks and provide practical solutions.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

- Ability to mentor and guide QA engineers.

- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

- Ability to work effectively in an Agile/Scrum environment.

- Strong focus on quality, delivery timelines, and continuous improvement.

AI & Emerging Technology Skills - Added Advantage :

- Effective usage of Generative AI tools to improve software testing and engineering productivity.

- Experience using AI tools for test-case generation, test-data creation, code generation, test analysis, debugging, and documentation.

- Understanding of AI Agent concepts and workflows.

- Hands-on experience creating or experimenting with AI agents/AI-powered automation solutions is highly desirable.

- Ability to identify opportunities where AI can improve QA processes and automation efficiency.

Immediate Requirement : Serving NP until month end.