The QA Lead is responsible for defining, implementing, and overseeing the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. This role leads a team of QA engineers, drives test automation initiatives, improves testing processes, and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

1. QA Strategy & Leadership
- Define and implement the overall QA strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA engineers (manual and automation).
- Establish quality metrics, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms.
- Promote a quality-first culture across the organization.

2. Test Planning & Execution
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
- Oversee functional, regression, integration, system, performance, and UAT testing.
- Ensure test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.
- Manage defect lifecycle using tools such as JIRA.

3. Automation & Tools




- Drive test automation strategy and framework implementation.
- Work with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins.
- Evaluate and recommend new QA tools and technologies.

Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software testing/QA.
- 4+ years of experience leading QA teams.
- Robust understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.
- Hands-on experience in test automation frameworks.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Experience in Selenium , Playwright
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience in DevOps environments.
- ISTQB or similar QA certification.

📌 QA Lead (India)
🏢 Icanio Technologies
📍 India