
Lead - IT QA Engineer
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead a team of 8–10 QA engineers across automation and manual testing streams.
- Define and implement test strategies, automation frameworks, and quality metrics.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automation test suites for UI, API, and backend systems.
- Collaborate with product managers, developers, and DevOps to ensure seamless CI/CD integration.
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and drive best practices in test automation.
- Own test planning, estimation, execution, and reporting for multiple projects.
- Ensure timely delivery of high-quality releases in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Evaluate and onboard new tools and technologies to improve QA efficiency.
- Strong hands-on experience with Selenium, Rest Assured, Cucumber, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins.
- Proficiency in Java or other scripting languages (Python, JavaScript).
- Experience with API testing tools like Postman, Swagger, and backend validation.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and test management tools (JIRA, Xray, TestRail).
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) is a plus.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.