We’re looking for a QA Automation Lead who enjoys owning product quality end-to-end and building a full testing platform, not just browser automation.

You’ll lead quality engineering across frontend, backend, APIs and integrations: test strategy, automation frameworks, CI gates and release confidence. This role is for someone who wants to do more than write UI scripts or file bugs after the fact. You’ll design the quality system across every layer, raise engineering standards, and have real ownership over how we know a release is secure.

What you’ll do ?️
• Own quality strategy from risk assessment through automation, CI enforcement and release readiness.
• Design a layered test strategy across unit, component, API, contract, integration, smoke, sanity, regression and end-to-end testing, plus accessibility, performance and visual checks where valuable.
• Build and scale reliable automation for UI, API and service layers (Playwright, API frameworks, unit/component runners).
• Decide which layer owns which risk: keep E2E thin and push most coverage down to unit, API and contract tests.




• Set up CI/CD quality gates: PR checks, post-deploy smoke, nightly regression, and a clear process for fixing flaky tests.
• Own test data, environments, fixtures and mocks so automation is reproducible from local to staging.
• Partner with product and engineering on acceptance criteria, edge cases and risk-based test plans before features ship.
• Drive release confidence with smoke, sanity, E2E and regression signals that engineers trust for go/no-go decisions.
• Reduce flakiness ruthlessly and keep CI green.
• Track meaningful quality metrics (escape rate, flake rate, suite runtime, critical-path coverage), not vanity dashboards.
• Join architecture and design reviews to flag testability, failure modes and contract boundaries early.
• Mentor QA and engineers on testable code and shared ownership of quality, and help hire and grow the QA/SDET team.

What we’re looking for ?
• 5+ years

📌 QA Automation Lead (India)
🏢 Phinite.ai
📍 India