About the Role

We are looking for a Lead QA Engineer to own quality across our platform. You will define how we test, build AI-augmented automation from the ground up, and set the release standards that engineering teams rely on. This is a hands-on, high-influence role working closely with Engineering, Product, and Architecture.

What You Will Do

Quality Strategy and Ownership

- Own the end-to-end QA strategy for the platform and serve as the single point of accountability for quality
- Drive shift-left practices, including requirements and architecture reviews, to catch risk early
- Establish quality standards and release gates, and support go-live and production-readiness decisions

AI-Augmented Test Automation

- Build automation frameworks from scratch using Playwright and TypeScript, designed for parallel execution, reporting, and scale
- Create reusable automation components that engineering teams can adopt easily
- Configure AI agents and workflows for test case generation, coverage analysis, and defect triage




- Put guardrails and governance in place so AI-generated test artifacts are reliable, reviewed, and auditable

Contract and Integration Testing

- Design contract testing between microservices and validate API schema compatibility
- Ensure backward compatibility across releases

CI/CD and Quality Gates

- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with enforced quality gates
- Add automated security checks to the pipeline
- Monitor pipeline health and automation metrics, and act on what they show

Performance Engineering

- Select and implement performance testing tools
- Define NFRs and SLAs, establish performance baselines, and prevent regressions before release

Technical Leadership

- Mentor engineers on QA best practices and AI-assisted testing
- Drive adoption of contemporary testing approaches and share AI learnings across teams
- Influence engineering standards and strengthen the quality culture

📌 Senior Quality Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 CES
📍 Chennai