Lead QA Automation Engineer (Python/ETL)

About The Client We’re hiring for a global digital solutions company known for its expertise in cloud, data engineering, and quality assurance, with a strong focus on innovation and agile delivery across BFSI and Healthcare sectors. About The Role We are hiring for a leadership QA role responsible for managing both manual and automated testing across ETL pipelines, UI, and databases, while leading a team and collaborating cross-functionally across global teams. The role involves implementing best practices in testing, owning quality strategy documentation, and integrating with CI/CD tools. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage a QA team (4+ members) handling ETL, UI, DB, and end-to-end testing. Analyze requirements, create detailed test cases and test data (manual & automated). Validate ETL workflows and transformation logic using advanced SQL (Snowflake/Postgres/MySQL). Create and maintain automation scripts using BDD (Gherkin/Behave, Pytest) in Python. Integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, Rundeck. Develop and maintain documentation – Test Strategy, BRDs, Defect Reports, etc. Drive collaboration across DevOps, SRE, developers, and stakeholders. Provide testing metrics and improvement plans to senior leadership. Must-Have Qualifications 9–12 years’ total QA experience with 6+ years in ETL/UI/DB testing. 3+ years’ experience in automation testing (Selenium v3+, Playwright) with Python. Strong hands-on with SQL queries (preferably Snowflake/Postgres). Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms. Proven leadership managing at least 2 QA team members. Working experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban). Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Nice To Have Exposure to DBT, Informatica, or MS Power BI. Healthcare/Life Sciences domain knowledge. Front-end vs back-end validation exposure. Willingness to work flexible hours with international teams. Required Education: BCA / B.Sc. (Computer Science) / B.E. / B.Tech / MCA / M.E. / M.Tech Show more Show less