Lead QA Automation Engineer – Quality Engineering
Location: Trivandrum, Kerala
Work Model: Initially office-based; eventually minimum 3 days/week hybrid
Experience: 9–15Years
Industry: Banking / SaaS / Financial Technology

About the Role
We are looking for a Lead QA Automation Engineer / Quality Engineering professional who thinks like a software engineer and is passionate about building quality into enterprise software.
This is not a traditional QA management role . The ideal candidate will be hands-on with automation, framework architecture, API and backend testing, CI/CD, and modern quality engineering practices.
You will play a key role in defining the organization's automation strategy, improving engineering quality, and building scalable solutions for mission-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities
- Define and implement the Automation and Quality Engineering strategy .
- Architect and develop scalable, maintainable automation frameworks .
- Drive automation across API, backend, database, integration, and end-to-end testing .




- Integrate automated testing and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines .
- Establish meaningful quality, risk, and engineering metrics .
- Implement continuous testing practices across the software development lifecycle.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, and DevOps teams .
- Conduct technical and code reviews for automation solutions.
- Mentor and guide QA Automation and Quality Engineering professionals.
- Drive improvements in performance, resilience, scalability, and reliability testing .
- Identify opportunities for intelligent automation and AI-enabled Quality Engineering .
- Continuously evaluate and adopt modern testing tools, frameworks, and engineering practices.

Required Technical Skills
- 9–12 years of experience in Software Quality Engineering, QA Automation, SDET, or related engineering roles.
- Robust hands-on experience with automation frameworks and programming.
- Experience with one or more:

📌 Quality Assurance Automation Lead (Thiruvananthapuram)
🏢 Velodata Global
📍 Thiruvananthapuram