We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to drive the quality strategy for our product and lead a blended team of manual and automation testers. You will define test approaches, set quality standards, manage day-to-day team execution, and act as the primary quality stakeholder in release planning — while staying hands-on enough to guide automation architecture and review critical test cases.
Key Responsibilities
• Own the end-to-end test strategy and test plan for assigned products/releases, covering functional, regression, integration, and automation coverage.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of manual and automation QA engineers — including sprint planning, task allocation, and performance reviews.
• Drive automation framework design, tool selection, and coverage roadmap in partnership with automation engineers.
• Define and track quality metrics (defect density, test coverage, automation ROI, escape rate) and report status to engineering leadership.
• Act as the primary QA point of contact in sprint ceremonies, release planning, and go/no-go decisions.




• Review test plans, test cases, and automation scripts authored by the team to ensure quality and consistency.
• Coordinate with development, product and (where applicable) performance/security testing teams to ensure end-to-end release quality.
• Champion QA best practices, process improvements, and tooling upgrades (test management, CI/CD integration, shift-left testing).
• Manage resourcing and capacity planning for the QA team.
Must-Have Skills
• 7 years of overall QA experience, including 4+ years in a hands-on test automation role and 3+ years leading QA teams.
• Robust hands-on experience with automation frameworks/tools such as Selenium using Java, Python.
• Proven experience managing a team (direct reports or matrixed) spanning both manual and automation testers.
• Solid understanding of the STLC/SDLC, Agile/Scrum practices, and release management processes.
• Experience with API t

📌 Automation Test Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 ZL Tech
📍 Hyderabad