Location

Location

India

Region

Maharashtra

City

Pune

Career Area

IT, Software & Digital

Experience Level

Experienced Professionals

Job ID

WD-0047448

Description and requirements

We are looking for a highly experienced Lead QA Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of experience in web-based and API software testing, including test automation in high-availability, high-volume environments. This role involves designing automation frameworks, system integration testing, and CI/CD integration while working in an Agile (SCRUM) setting.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks using Java or C#.
- Develop and execute automation test scripts for web, mobile, and API testing.
- Perform system integration testing (end-to-end) in microservices-based applications.
- Integrate automated test cases into CI/CD pipelines (preferably using GitLab).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test strategies, create test plans, and estimate efforts.
- Ensure appropriate test coverage across the development lifecycle.
- Drive timely identification and resolution of quality risks.
- Document test plans, test cases, defect reports, and release notes.
- Analyse automation failures, identify root causes and distinguish between product defects, test issues and environment issues.
- Define and track relevant QA KPIs and automation metrics such as automation coverage, execution reliability, defect leakage and regression effectiveness.
- Review automation code and ensure maintainability, reliability and scalability.
- Guide and mentor team members in automation & quality best practices.
- Establish a culture of ownership,



collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with Development Leads and Product Owners to resolve quality-related challenges.
- Perform both manual and automated testing for web and mobile applications.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

- 12+ years of experience in software testing, including test automation.
- Proven experience leading an automation QA team while remaining hands-on technically.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java or C#.
- Expertise in Selenium for web automation.
- Experience in mobile automation using Appium.
- Hands-on experience with at least one BDD framework: Cucumber, SpecFlow, or Reqnroll.
- API testing experience with Postman and RestAssured/RestSharp.
- Ability to design custom automation frameworks using Java or C#.
- Experience in CI/CD tools (GitLab preferred) for test automation execution.
- Strong experience in API automation and testing using tools/frameworks such as REST Assured, Postman/Newman or equivalent.
- Experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodology using JIRA.
- Strong understanding of software testing concepts, test design techniques, defect management and risk-based testing.
- Strong analytical skills, communication, and critical thinking.
- Experience using AI/GenAI tools for automation script development and test scenario creation.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled QA platforms (e.g., JIRA/Selenium MCP server or equivalent) for intelligent automation and workflow optimization.

Nice to Have:

- Experience with Zephyr for test management.
- Performance testing using JMeter.
- Experience with Docker/AWS.
- SQL query knowledge for database validation.

📌 Lead QA Engineer (India)
🏢 Hilti
📍 India