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We are seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer / Test Lead to lead quality assurance initiatives across multiple applications and projects. The ideal candidate will define QA strategies, drive end-to-end testing activities, mentor QA team members, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality software.

Key Responsibilities

QA Leadership & Test Management

- Define and implement QA strategies, test plans, estimations, schedules, and execution across multiple projects and releases.
- Lead QA activities, review test artifacts, monitor testing progress, identify risks, and provide status updates to stakeholders.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and drive continuous quality improvements.

Manual Testing & Quality Assurance

- Analyse business and functional requirements to design comprehensive test scenarios and test cases.
- Perform Functional, Regression, Integration, System, UAT, API, Web, and Mobile testing.
- Execute test cases, manage the defect lifecycle, perform root cause analysis, and ensure complete requirement traceability.
- Support production validation, post-release testing, and maintain quality metrics and test documentation.





Stakeholder Collaboration

- Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, Business Analysts, and Project Managers in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Present testing status, release readiness, and quality metrics to leadership.
- Utilize AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) to improve testing efficiency and productivity.

Reporting & Metrics

- Prepare test execution reports, dashboards, and quality KPIs, including Defect Leakage, Defect Density, Test Execution Progress, Requirement Coverage, Automation Coverage, and Release Quality Metrics.

Required Skills

- Solid experience in manual testing across Web, Mobile, and APIs.
- Expertise in test planning, defect management, bug tracking, and root cause analysis.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Nice to Have

- Exposure to Playwright or other test automation frameworks.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
- Awareness of Performance and Security Testing.
- Basic knowledge of SQL/Performance Query Analysis.

📌 Sr. Quality Analyst (Hyderabad)
🏢 CSS India Center
📍 Hyderabad