Job Title : QA Test Lead
Location : Mumbai
Experience : Minimum 5 years
About the Role : We are seeking an experienced QA Test Lead to drive the quality assurance process for our software applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in both frontend and backend testing, strong leadership skills, and a proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires deep expertise in automation, BDD frameworks, and modern web and mobile technologies.
Key Responsibilities :
- Define and uphold the standards for test quality across engineering squads, ensuring
consistency and confidence in our releases.
Oversee the work of our Automation QAs / SDeTs, and manual testers.Write high quality integration and end-to-end tests across our software portfolio.Partner with engineers, product managers, and delivery leads to embed quality thinking fromday one, and not as an after-thought.
Design and oversee test strategies that combine automation, exploratory testing, andregression coverage.
Drive the implementation and evolution of automated testing frameworks, ensuring integrationinto our CI / CD pipelines.
Own the structure and health of test suites and regression packs, helping teams keep themlean, relevant, and valuable.
Support squads in front-end, API, and end-to-end testing, using tools like Playwright,Cypress, and other modern frameworks.
Facilitate and promote BDD and 3-amigos sessions, helping clarify requirements and preventmisunderstandings before they happen.
Help engineers understand and own quality; coaching without gatekeeping, advising withoutblocking.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure cross-squad functionality andintegration is properly tested.
Get involved in the testing cycle, helping to investigate issues, write tests, support on manualQAing, and signing-off changes.
Knowledge, skills and experience required
Strong background in quality assurance across automated and manual testing.Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g. Cypress, Playright), and APItesting tools (e.g. Postman, RestAssured).
Confident writing automated tests in Typescript.Deep understanding of software development workflows, and how to embed quality withinthem.
You’re comfortable performing and organising performance testing with tools such as K6,JMeter.
Experience integrating tests into CI / CD pipelines and driving pipeline quality.Comfortable facilitating and contributing to BDD-style collaboration and 3-amigos sessions.Excellent communication and collaboration skills – you're as comfortable pairing with anengineer as you are working with a product manager.
Inquisitive, pragmatic, and curious.A mindset that priorities impact, reliability, and learning over perfectionism or the process forits own sake.