Role Description Job: Lead Engineer (QA)

Location:
Bangalore

Job Description
We are looking for a Lead Engineer (QA) with strong experience in manual and automation testing. The candidate will help ensure product quality through test planning, execution, automation development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities
• Define and drive the QA strategy, test approach, and quality standards for assigned products and releases.
• Translate business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into risk-based test plans, scenarios, and test cases.
• Design and execute manual test cases for web applications.
• Develop, maintain, and improve reliable, reusable automation scripts and frameworks.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing; identify opportunities to expand appropriate test coverage.
• Validate APIs, database transactions, and end-to-end data flows across integrated systems.
• Plan test scope, effort, dependencies, environments, and test data; surface risks and blockers early.
• Integrate and execute automated tests in CI/CD pipelines, and use results to support timely, informed release decisions.
• Establish and communicate quality indicators, test progress, defect trends, coverage, and release risks to stakeholders.
• Lead defect triage and prioritization; ensure defects are clearly documented, tracked, verified, and closed using Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Partner with Product Owners,



Developers, and QA teams throughout discovery, development, and release to build quality into the product.
• Mentor and guide QA engineers; review test plans and automation contributions, and encourage consistent testing practices.
• Assess release readiness, communicate residual quality risks, and provide evidence-based recommendations to stakeholders.
• Drive root-cause analysis for escaped defects and recurring failures, and follow through on corrective and preventive actions.
• Identify and champion continuous improvements in test coverage, automation reliability, delivery efficiency, and overall product quality.
• Contribute to non-functional testing priorities—such as performance, security, accessibility, and usability— where applicable to the product. Key Skills Required
• 8–10 years of experience in manual and automation testing.
• Hands-on experience with an automation framework; Playwright experience is preferred.
• Experience with API testing using Postman.
• Good understanding of SQL and database validation.
• Good understanding of NoSQL queries, especially MongoDB.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Expereince with ETL and Data Analysis. Positive To Have Skills
• Knowledge of AWS services.
• Retail or store technology domain experience, such as POS, inventory, or ordering systems.
• Selenium or Nightwatch experience

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