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.
