Quality Assurance Test Lead

QA Lead Role - Bangalore / Pune / Mumbai

Hybrid

Job Description

Key responsibilities:

Develops and executes accurate test cases as per requirements, analyses results and raises issues within schedule

Actively participates in test planning by identifying testing requirements, scope and estimates

Ensures optimal test coverage comprising of positive, negative and exception scenarios

Logs defects with right priority, tracking them to closure and understanding the root cause for an issue

Provides quality assurance estimates for project planning purposes

Engages in both functional and non-functional testing

Participates in software design discussions, reviews and test strategy sessions

Identifies potential process improvement areas, suggests options and recommends approaches

Improves domain knowledge and understanding of testing process, delivery methodology, tools, etc

Mentors junior team members on applications and job functions

Highlights discrepancies in requirements and associated documentation

Creates and maintains QA and project documentation

Participates in communication with other departments to coordinate test and implementation activities

Manages the creation, deployment and strategic use of department test environments

Leads the process and test efficiency improvement initiatives

Participates in architecture and RADs reviews for new projects

Reviews test plans, test cases and results, as needed

Analyses problems reported in production application, identifies root causes and communicates results with appropriate stakeholders towards resolution

Job Requirements:

Must Have:

Minimum 5 to 8 years of experience

Hands on experience in working with Agile Teams

Ability to implement test plans, follow test process, and record results

Familiarity with software testing best practices including test standards, code reviews, test data management, test methods and test techniques.

Strong expertise writing in Test case, Test process in recording and analyzing test results in Automation scripts

Good test automation skills covering functional, regression, integration and end to end system testing.

Proficiency in Test automation, regression, integration, system testing.

Experience in basic Java or Java-script

Experience with automation tools such as Selenium or Playwright or Cypress.

Experience in Cucumber or Serenity BDD framework or CodeceptJS

Familiarity with tools such as JIRA and Git.

Hands-on experience in API Testing.

Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.

Strong communication skills and ability to solve problems

Should be able to provide reports to senior stakeholders.

Good to have:

Knowledge on other Testing framework like TestNG, Mocha or Behave

Familiarity with TDD, BDD and pyramid test model

Knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably Azure.

Experience/knowledge of performance/load/volume testing

Experience with performance tools such as JMeter