QA Lead- Automation Testing

• Lead, mentor, and manage the QA team; handle work allocation, task tracking, performance, and
  technical reviews.
  
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  Define and implement QA strategy, test plans, automation strategy, and quality standards.
  Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end
  automation frameworks.
  
  
• Conduct automation code reviews and ensure coding, testing, and documentation standards.
  Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish automated quality gates.
  Drive shift-left testing, continuous testing, and automation-first QA practices.
  
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  Introduce and implement AI/Agentic AI-powered testing, including AI-based test-case generation,
  test execution, failure analysis, test-data generation, and automation maintenance.
  
  
• Monitor QA metrics including automation coverage, defect leakage, regression stability, and release
  quality.
  Work closely with Development, Product, DevOps, and Business teams to ensure high-quality
  releases.
  
  
• Perform root-cause analysis of critical defects and drive preventive actions.
  Evaluate and introduce new testing tools and technologies to improve productivity and quality
  

Requirements

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  8+ years of QA/testing experience, including significant hands-on automation experience.
  
  
• Strong expertise in tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, or equivalent.
  
  
• Strong programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar.
  Experience with API automation, UI automation, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, etc.
  
  
• Experience with TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, Cucumber, or equivalent frameworks.
  
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  Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC, STLC, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
  
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  Proven experience in QA team leadership, task allocation, mentoring, and code/test reviews.
  
  
• Good knowledge of SQL/database testing.
  Strong analytical, debugging, communication, and problem-solving skills
  

Benefits

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  Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI testing tools, or Agentic AI frameworks.
  
  
• Experience implementing AI-driven/self-healing test automation.
  
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  Performance testing experience using JMeter or similar tools.
  Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, Microservices, and APIs.
  Experience testing enterprise SaaS/ERP applications.
  
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  Ideal Candidate
  A hands-on technical QA leader who can balance team leadership with automation development, drive
  continuous improvement, and build a modern AI-enabled Quality Engineering practice