QA Lead

Full-Time

Experience – 4+ years

Location: Thiruvananthapuram

The QA Lead owns the quality of our software products end to end—leading the testing organization, setting the test strategy, and championing a culture of quality across engineering. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends technical depth in test automation with people management and cross-functional influence. You will be the final quality gate before release and the person leadership turns to for an honest read on whether the product is ready to ship.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Define and own the overall test strategy across web, mobile, and API surfaces.

• Establish meaningful QA metrics (escape rate, coverage, cycle time) and report on them.

• Standardize and continuously improve testing processes across teams.

• Align QA objectives with product roadmaps and broader business goals.

Team Management:

• Mentor, coach, and grow a team of QA engineers across experience levels.

• Plan sprint work and assign daily testing tasks against priorities.

• Conduct performance reviews and support career development.

• Manage resource allocation and hiring for the QA function.

Test Operations:

• Design comprehensive test plans for new features and releases.

• Review test cases for coverage, accuracy, and maintainability.

• Oversee defect tracking, triage,



and resolution workflows.

• Own release sign-off and the go/no-go quality decision.

Automation & Technology:

• Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks and shared libraries.

• Evaluate and introduce new testing tools and technologies.

• Optimize test integration within CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback.

• Drive down manual testing effort through smart automation.

Collaboration:

• Partner with product managers to clarify acceptance criteria early.

• Coordinate closely with developers on testability and bug fixes.

• Report quality status and risk to engineering leadership.

• Facilitate root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.

Requirements

• Candidate with 4 to 7 years of experience

• Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium

• Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, or C#

• API Testing: Postman, SoapUI, or RestAssured

• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI

• Test Management: Jira, TestRail, Zephyr, or Confluence

• Leadership Potential: Demonstrates initiative, ownership, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.

• Valuable organizational skills and detail-oriented mindset.

• Immediate Joiners who can join in two weeks preferred

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