Description
Lead Quality Engineer – Backend/API Platforms

Role Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

We are seeking experienced Lead Quality Engineers to drive quality engineering for enterprise-scale backend platforms, APIs, and distributed services. The ideal candidates will combine solid technical expertise in API automation, system integration, performance testing, and CI/CD with demonstrated experience leading quality engineering delivery.

In this role, the Lead Quality Engineer will work closely with software engineering, architecture, product management, DevOps, and other QE teams to define and execute comprehensive quality strategies. The position requires strong ownership, hands-on technical capability, and the ability to lead testing across complex workflows involving multiple applications, services, and integration points.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead quality engineering activities for backend applications, REST APIs, microservices, and integration platforms.
- Define and implement comprehensive test strategies covering functional, integration, end-to-end, regression,



performance, reliability, and production-readiness testing.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable API test automation frameworks and reusable testing utilities.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to QE engineers across onshore and offshore teams.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to understand requirements, identify risks, and establish appropriate quality coverage.
- Review technical designs, API contracts, acceptance criteria, and implementation approaches to identify quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
- Lead end-to-end validation of business workflows spanning multiple backend services and dependent systems.
- Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and establish quality gates for application deployments.
- Drive shift-left testing by enabling early validation within development and lower environmen

📌 Quality Assurance Engineer III (India)
🏢 Pearson
📍 India