Job Summary

Lead Test Engineer is expected to validate product quality by performing automated functional tests. They will be embedded with development team. In addition to the functional testing, Lead Automation Engineer will also be responsible for performing necessary non-functional testing.

Location: Chennai, India (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

- Participate in daily stand-up meetings to assess current status and plan the day s activities

- Provide input on User Story creation from the testing perspective

- Create Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Cases and Test Data

- Record test results (open recent tickets, close existing tickets)

- Attend design meetings with Developers, Test Automation Engineers and Architects and provide perspective to improve testability

- Triage issues reported in the field by attempting to recreate in local test environment

- Learn test automation strategies from team members

- Install, configure and operate the product in test and production environments

- Leads the development of new cloud applications, product enhancements, and initiatives to reduce technical debt.

- Supports cross-functional collaboration with Architects, Engineering Managers, Product Owners, and engineering teams to ensure successful project delivery.

- Drives adoption of Agile practices, software development standards, and continuous improvement initiatives across the team.

- Supports the maintenance and enhancement of production pipelines, deployment processes, and cloud-based services.

- Leads technical guidance,



peer reviews, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing activities to strengthen team capabilities.

Requirements

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Ability to write meaningful test cases, execute test cases and record results

- Knowledge of testing methodologies and how to apply them (white box, equivalence class partitioning, pairwise, state transition, boundary value, decision table)

- Experience with at least one Test Case Management tool (TestRail, Zehpyr, EggPlant, TestLodge, etc)

- Experience testing AWS cloud-based web applications and web services (REST)

- Solid knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle, software concepts, test methodologies and their application

- Solid backend testing experience is critical

- Proven Experience in test automation (Cucumber, Selenium)

- Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment and learn new concepts

- Experience in Agile software development environment preferred

- Understanding of Change and Release Management

Qualifications

- Undergraduate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required, with a graduate degree preferred

- 8 to 10 years of overall experience in Test/QA

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