Role Description

Lead QA Engineer / QA Lead

Experience Range

5 - 6 Years

Hiring Location

[Specify Location]

Must-Have Skills

Testing Expertise

- Manual Testing
- Functional Testing
- Integration Testing
- Regression Testing
- End-to-End (E2E) Testing
- System Testing
- Defect Management

API Testing
- Postman
- REST API Testing
- API Validation
- Complex Transaction Workflow Testing

Database Testing
- SQL Query Writing (Medium to Complex Queries)
- Stored Procedures Testing
- Database Validation
- SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) / Oracle SQL Developer

Automation Testing
- Katalon Studio (Mandatory)
- Playwright (Mandatory)
- Functional Automation Testing
- Automation Framework Maintenance

Tools &
- Process

- JIRA
- Confluence
- Zephyr (or equivalent Test Management Tool)
- Agile/Scrum Methodology

Leadership &
- Coordination

- Test Strategy Preparation
- Test Planning &
- Estimation
- Test Case Design &
- Review
- Team Mentoring
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Risk Identification &
- Mitigation
- Onsite-Offshore Coordination

Valuable-to-Have Skills
- Selenium
- JMeter
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration
- Automation Framework Design
- Performance Testing

Preferred Domain Experience

- Payment Processing
- Payment Gateways
- Card Transactions
- Financial Reconciliation




- Settlement Systems
- Banking &
- Financial Services
- High-Volume Transaction Systems

Key Responsibilities
- Lead and execute end-to-end testing activities across applications.
- Analyze business requirements and prepare test strategies, plans, estimates, and test cases.
- Execute Functional, Integration, System, Regression, E2E, API, and Automation testing.
- Create and maintain automation scripts using Katalon and Playwright.
- Perform database validation using SQL queries and stored procedures.
- Validate complex transaction processing workflows.
- Manage defects through closure and perform root cause analysis.
- Review test artifacts and mentor junior QA team members.
- Remove technical blockers and provide testing guidance.
- Coordinate testing efforts between onsite and offshore teams.
- Drive quality assurance best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with business, development, and product teams in an Agile environment.

Skills API Testing, Katalon Studio, Postman, Functional Testing, Agile, Integration Testing, Financial Reconciliation, Payment Processing, Regression Testing, End-to-End Testing, Test Automation

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