About the Role :

Were looking for a Senior QA Lead who can take full ownership of product quality, delivery assurance, and team leadership, with a sharp focus on automation-first practices.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about building robust test automation frameworks, mentoring QA engineers, and driving engineering excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities :

- Automation-First QA Strategy.

- Architect, implement, and scale end-to-end automation suites for UI, API, backend, and integration testing.

- Own the test automation roadmap and ensure that 100% of critical functional paths are automated.

- Establish and enforce automation-first standards across QA pipelines no manual testing unless justified.

- Team Leadership & Mentoring.

- Lead a team of QA engineers focused on automated testing across multiple projects and platforms.

- Conduct code reviews for test automation, help troubleshoot flaky tests, and mentor team members on writing maintainable test code.

- Foster a culture of test ownership, shift-left thinking, and engineering accountability for quality.

- Stakeholder & Release Management.

- Act as the single point of QA contact for product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders.

- Plan, align, and prioritize test efforts based on release goals and product risks.

- Drive release sign-off via automation dashboards, metrics, and health checksnot manual validation.

- CI/CD & DevOps Integration.

- Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab).

- Ensure fast feedback loops and minimal regression windows via parallel testing, mock services, and test data automation.

- Implement and maintain automated smoke/regression pipelines triggered on every commit or build.

Required Skills & Experience :

Must-Have :

- 6+ years of QA experience, 2+ years in a QA lead or managerial role.

- Proven experience in building frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar tools.

- Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java for writing automated test cases.

- Hands-on with API automation using Postman, REST-assured, Karate, or equivalent.

- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and Git-based workflows.

- Solid understanding of test pyramid, mocking/stubbing, and test environment management.

- Excellent communication skills and ability to align QA efforts with product strategy.

Bonus/Nice-to-Have :

- Performance testing experience (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6).

- Experience with containerized test environments (Docker, Kubernetes).

- Exposure to contract testing (e.g., Pact).

- Experience working in fintech or highly regulated domains.

Why Join Us ?

- Be the driving force behind our automation-first QA vision.

- Own and shape the QA culture in a high-impact leadership role.

- Work in a high-performing team that values speed, scalability, and quality.

- Zero tolerance for manual inefficienciesbuild fast, break nothing.