Tech Lead -1

Position: Tech Lead -1          

About Simplilearn :

Simplilearn is the world's #1 live online training company focused on digital skills. Founded in 2010, with offices in San Francisco, California, and Bangalore, India, and backed by the Blackstone Group, we drive talent transformation for over 500 global organizations, including Amazon, Bosch, Dell, and EY.

We are disrupting the talent development market with our one-of-a-kind online subscription product, Simplilearn Learning Hub+, which enables organizations to offer their workforce unlimited live and interactive learning led by experts, along with a comprehensive library of on-demand content and hands-on projects—all in one single plan.

Our award-winning content and curriculum, designed and updated by renowned industry and academic experts, cover all the digital skills required by organizations, including AI, ML, Data Science, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Project Management, and more. We are authorized training partners for over 15 certification bodies, including PMI, PeopleCert, Scaled Agile, and industry partners of AWS, Microsoft, and more.

Our goal is to enable organizations to deliver a highly impactful and engaging learning experience to their workforce, driving talent transformation for business success. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Manual Testing & Quality Ownership

• Define test plans and strategy and ensure complete functional, performance, regression & UAT coverage
• Own defect lifecycle (Jira), UAT, RCA, and release readiness
• Ensure production validation and risk mitigation
• Strong understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Cross-browser and responsive testing
• API testing using Postman or similar tools
• Validate end-to-end workflows across services
• Experience in SQL/NoSQL

Automation (Playwright / Cypress)

• Design and scale robust automation frameworks (UI & API)
• Improve test stability, coverage, and reduce flaky tests
• Conduct automation code reviews
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines

CI/CD & Deployment (Jenkins)

• Manage Jenkins pipelines and deployments
• Trigger builds and manage environment-based deployments
• Troubleshoot build failures and ensure release stability
• Ensure automation execution in every deployment cycle
• 
  

GenAI in QA

• Use GenAI for test case generation, data creation, and script optimization
• Enhance defect analysis and impact assessment through AI
• Drive AI adoption within QA processes

Leadership & Agile

• Lead and mentor QA team members
• Drive sprint planning, estimations, and QA metrics
• Ensure on-time, high-quality releases

Required Skills

• 5–6 years in Manual + Automation QA
• 3+ years strong hands-on experience in Playwright or Cypress
• Strong JavaScript, Jenkins CI/CD & Agile/Jira experience
• Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Good to Have:

Selenium, Docker, Cloud (AWS/Azure), Performance Testing