QA Lead

The QA Lead is responsible for defining, implementing, and overseeing the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. This role leads a team of QA engineers, drives test automation initiatives, improves testing processes, and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

1. QA Strategy & Leadership

• Define and implement the overall QA strategy, standards, and best practices.
  

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA engineers (manual and automation).
  

• Establish quality metrics, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms.
  

• Promote a quality-first culture across the organization.
  

2. Test Planning & Execution

• Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
  

• Oversee functional, regression, integration, system, performance, and UAT testing.
  

• Ensure test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.
  

• Manage defect lifecycle using tools such as JIRA.
  

3. Automation & Tools

• Drive test automation strategy and framework implementation.
  

• Work with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
  

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins.
  

• Evaluate and recommend new QA tools and technologies.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  

• 5+ years of experience in software testing/QA.
  

• 4+ years of experience leading QA teams.
  

• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  

• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.
  

• Hands-on experience in test automation frameworks.
  

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  

• Experience in Selenium , Playwright
  

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  

• Experience in DevOps environments.
  

• ISTQB or similar QA certification.