Job Purpose

As a QA Technical Lead, you will lead the quality engineering strategy for assigned product areas by defining test approaches, driving automation excellence, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. You will provide technical leadership, mentor QA engineers, collaborate with Product and Engineering teams, and establish scalable automation frameworks and quality processes while driving continuous improvement through contemporary testing practices, AI-assisted testing, and AI-powered engineering solutions.

Job Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Define and own the overall test strategy (manual and automated) aligned with product goals, release timelines, and business risk.
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable automation frameworks using Playwright and modern automation best practices.
Establish automation architecture, framework standards, and coding guidelines across the QA team.
Review and approve test plans, test cases, automation designs, and code reviews to ensure quality standards.
Define and manage the regression automation roadmap,



ensuring automation coverage aligns with release commitments.
Lead root cause analysis for escaped defects and drive continuous improvements in quality and testing processes.
Mentor, coach, and develop QA Engineers, Automation Engineers, and Associate QA Engineers through regular feedback and technical guidance.
Plan, prioritize, and allocate testing activities across the team based on sprint priorities and release commitments.
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Release Management throughout the software development lifecycle.
Own release sign-off decisions by communicating quality status, risks, coverage gaps, and known issues to stakeholders.
Drive UI, API, database, and end-to-end automation strategies across multiple products.
Define, monitor, and report quality metrics, including automation coverage, defect leakage, regression pass rate, cycle time, and release readin

📌 Team Lead (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cendyn
📍 Hyderabad