Position Title: QA Lead

Location: Pune

Experience: 9+ Years

What You Will Do

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the QA automation team
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks
- Lead the implementation of best practices for quality assurance and automation
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, and release teams for seamless delivery
- Create, review, and optimize test cases for functional, regression, integration, and system testing
- Drive improvements in test coverage and QA workflows
- Monitor build pipelines and ensure quality standards for deployments and releases
- Report on QA activities, issues, and recommendations
- Conduct and automate API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
- Execute bulk testing and load testing using JMeter or other frameworks
- Perform database validation using SQL queries, including complex joins.

How You Will Do It - Utilize automation tools and frameworks (Jest, Puppeteer, Selenium (.NET/Java)) to implement comprehensive test suites :

- Develop automation frameworks with a good understanding of design patterns and scalable architecture :

- Collaborate cross-functionally for continuous integration, deployment, and release processes

- Communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members

- Use API testing tools for automation and validation (Postman)

- Prepare and run performance/load tests for bulk operation validation

- Conduct thorough database testing through SQL queries and joins

- Leverage understanding of QA processes and pipelines to optimize testing workflows





Required - Solid experience in software quality assurance, automation, and technical leadership

- Expertise with automation tools :

- Preferably Jest and Puppeteer :

- Otherwise, Selenium with.NET**:

- Otherwise, Selenium with Java**:

- Comfortable with API testing using Postman or similar tools

- Proficient in SQL queries and joins for database validation

- Hands-on experience with bulk/performance/load testing using JMeter or equivalent tools

- Strong design skills for framework and test suite architecture

- Good understanding of GraphQL (able to write queries and mutations)

- Well-versed in overall QA lifecycle, best practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and releases

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; proven team player

- Analytical and detailed approach to problem-solving

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

- 9+ years of professional QA and test automation experience :

- Prior experience leading teams and QA projects

Nice to Have - Familiarity with containerization and cloud environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS)

- Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies

What We Offer

- Opportunity to lead and shape a modern QA practice
- Team-oriented environment with talented teams
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Growth and learning opportunities

If you are a passionate QA professional with strong automation skills and a talent for technical leadership, we’d love to hear from you!

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