We are building a largescale cloudnative media content platform that handles endtoend data ingestion processing and consumption APIs for millions of media assets articles videos audio This system processes massive datasets 100GB and powers advanced keyword category and AIdriven semantic search capabilities
We are seeking a proactive QA Senior Lead to drive quality assurance across this entire ecosystem This role requires deep technical expertise in API testing data validation and automation architecture combined with the leadership skills to mentor a team implement shiftleft strategies and collaborate with crossfunctional leadership to deliver highly reliable distributed systems
Roles Responsibilities
Mandatory Responsibilities
QA Leadership Strategy Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers Define the overall QA strategy champion shiftleft practices in the SDLC and align quality goals with Product Engineering and Dev Ops stakeholders
Endto End API Pipeline QA Own the testing strategy for the complete data lifecycle Ingestion Processing Storage API Exposure Validate pushpull ingestion workflows SNSSQS scheduled jobs and complex consumption endpoints keyword category and semantic search APIs
Large Scale Data Validation Validate millions of JSON records using AWS S3 Athena SQL and Glue Crawlers Ensure the accuracy of metadata mappings date logic and licensable filtering across multiple publications
Automation Framework Architecture Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Java Script Jest or Python Pytest Integrate API automation and JSON schema validation into CICD pipelines AWS Code Build with comprehensive reporting
Performance Load Testing Design and execute highscale load tests using Locust Analyze system bottlenecks ALB ECS downstream services to ensure optimal API latency p95p99 and semantic search throughput
Observability Documentation Build and monitor dashboards New Relic Open Search to track system health Create and maintain highquality Confluence documentation for test strategies edge cases and performance reports
Optional Future Focused Responsibilities Niceto Have
AI Semantic Search System Validation Validate AIpowered features including embedding generation AWS Bedrock Cohere and vectorbased retrieval in Open Search
AIDriven QA Innovations Pioneer LLMbased automated test case generation and establish frameworks to validate semantic accuracy
Advanced Test Infrastructure Architect automated ephemeral test environments and implement contract testing or service virtualization
Container Streaming QA Test eventdrivenstreaming systems and leverage knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for test deployments
Advanced Database Validation Work with and validate complex data models in Vector and Graph databases
Required Skills Qualifications
Experience Proven track record as a QA Lead Senior QA Engineer managing complex distributed systems and largescale ETLData pipelines
Automation Deep proficiency in Java Script andor Python for backend and API automation REST JSON validation
Cloud Infra Expertise in the AWS ecosystem S3 Lambda API Gateway ECS ALB SQSSNS Athena and Open Search Elasticsearch
Testing Tools Handson experience with load testing tools Locust and contemporary CICD pipelines
Soft Skills Strong analytical thinking excellent crossfunctional communication and a proven ability to mentor teams and debug complex production issues in dynamic environments