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 Dev Ops 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 up-to-date 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.

Strong hands-on experience with automation frameworks and programming.

Experience with one or more: Selenium

Playwright
Cypress

Strong experience in

API automation and testing .

Experience with: Rest Assured

Postman

Strong knowledge of

SQL and backend/database validation .

Hands-on experience integrating automation with: Jenkins

Azure Dev Ops
Git Hub Actions

Experience with

CI/CD and continuous testing .

Knowledge of

performance and scalability testing .

Experience with

Kafka or event-driven systems .

Exposure to

Microsoft Azure .

Experience with

Kubernetes/containerized environments .

Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, automation architecture, and quality engineering practices.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in

Banking, Financial Services, Fin Tech, or SaaS

environments.
Experience designing automation frameworks from the ground up.

Strong programming experience in

Java, Python, Java Script, or Type Script .
Experience with distributed systems and microservices testing.
Knowledge of performance testing tools and engineering practices.
Experience implementing quality gates and automated testing within Dev Ops pipelines.

Exposure to

AI-driven or intelligent test automation .

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