Lead Software Test Engineer

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Shell Recharge Solutions is seeking a

Lead Software Test Engineer

Shell Recharge Solutions is looking for a

Lead Software Test Engineer

to join our team and oversee a team of engineers maintaining and streamlining projects. A lead ensures and enforces all quality processes and procedures are followed by quality engineers following business needs and compliance. Mentors and provides direction to team members per company's guidelines.

Position- Lead Software Test Engineer

What you’ll do :

Mentor engineer and Sr. Engineers through weekly 1 : 1

Track QA sign offs for each of the testing cycles

Interview new hires in QA department

Create KT and other transition plans

Work with QA managers on release schedules

Delegate and distribute tasks to QA engineers like test case writing and reviews.

Review manual and automation test cases

Conduct lessons learned / retrospective meetings

Run daily stand-up calls with QA teams

Work with other leads on standardizing process across QA teams

Direct collaboration with the performance engineer for environment and services health and analysis

Maintain QA documents, templates and job aids

Assess capacity and allocate resources for all releases and test cycles

Review task estimation by engineers

Create dashboards and work on optimization plans and future roadmaps.

Provide detailed weekly report on project status and scope

Innovative technical leadership demonstrated via enhancements, suggestion and / or engagement

What We’re Looking For :

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or 5+ years of Engineering experience

7+ years overall QA experience, at least 3 years as a Senior QA Engineer – individual contributor

3+ years current experience leading projects and teams

3+ years writing automated tests

2+ years interacting with development team, program management, and DevOps / SRE when launching features and releases

5+ years of experience working with AWS, Linux, networked systems and databases

High engagement, high collaboration, and positive working relationship with QA manager

High engagement, high collaboration, and positive working relationship with other Peers, PGM, RM)

Excellent track record of clear, value test additions and documentation

Mastery of implementing and navigating Agile process and procedures

Proactive in scheduling necessary meetings, without direction and implementing solutions.

Confident communicator in multiple contexts (presentations, meetings, etc)

Strong knowledge of automation tools

Work with different departments and upstream and downstream stakeholders like DevOps, Dev leads, Engineering Managers, TMP teams and others

Collaboration and direct engagement with other QA leads for proper coverage and gap analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with white / gray / black box and automation test methods

Demonstrated experience in test planning for complex features / systems

Experience in writing, executing and monitoring test suites using a variety of technologies including, but not limited to, Cucumber, Selenium, ReadyAPI, Postman, Robot Framework

Ability to track multiple test executions simultaneously and to be able to synthesize the results

Must be comfortable reading and writing in code

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to provide technical mentorship to other QA engineers

Lead test strategy, automation, and performance testing efforts.

Performance testing is nice to have.

Mentor engineers and champion best practices in QA.

Drive UI automation with Selenium, API testing with selenium rest assured and Postman, and performance testing with Jmeter

Hands-on expertise in automation frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or similar.

Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and leadership skills.

Very good Testing Tools and Technologies understanding : Docker, Kubernetes, Postman, Jenkins, Java, Eclipse / IntelliJ IDEA,, TestNG, Selenium, SQL, Jira,

5+yrs of JAVA / Core JAVA programming,

Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI / CD) practices.

Leverage AI-first testing approaches to reduce reliance on manual test scripts.

Improve test execution within CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins, containers, cloud) for enhanced speed and scalability.

Apply AI / GenAI tools (e.g., Copilot) to accelerate automation and deliver rapid results

What We Offer :

A work environment that allows you to work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in this emerging industry

The ability to make a difference in a world that needs our technology to help reduce carbon emissions and enable a more sustainable energy future through the use of electric vehicle charging software, services and infrastructure

The freedom to learn, suggest, and implement innovative new ideas applied to our systems, processes, programs and technologies

Daily ownership of your role in a challenging, high-growth environment.

A casual work environment and culture that support work life ‘fit’, enabling you to fit life into your work and work into your life, i.e. flexible scheduling, virtualization options, and a generous holiday package

Competitive pay and benefits programs designed to enable you to thrive inside and outside of work

Participation in Shell Recharge Solutions’ performance and rewards bonus program

Health benefits for employees

Innovative Paid Time Off Program

9 / 80 Flex Work schedule