QA Senior Lead (Contract/FTE) 11-15 Years Location: Kolkata Budget: As per market standards Job description Job Description QA Senior Lead Project Background Position Overview 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 DevOps stakeholders EndtoEnd 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 LargeScale 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 JavaScript Jest or Python Pytest Integrate API automation and JSON schema validation into CICD pipelines AWS CodeBuild 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 OpenSearch to track system health Create and maintain highquality Confluence documentation for test strategies edge cases and performance reports Optional FutureFocused Responsibilities NicetoHave AI Semantic Search System Validation Validate AIpowered features including embedding generation AWS BedrockCohere and vectorbased retrieval in OpenSearch 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 LeadSenior QA Engineer managing complex distributed systems and largescale ETLData pipelines Automation Deep proficiency in JavaScript 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 OpenSearchElasticsearch Testing Tools Handson experience with load testing tools Locust and modern CICD pipelines Soft Skills Strong analytical thinking excellent crossfunctional communication and a proven ability to mentor teams and debug complex production issues in agile environments Skills Mandatory Skills : API/Microservices RestAssured Testing

📌 QA Senior Lead (West Bengal)
🏢 Indus Infotech
📍 West Bengal