QA Lead

Interested candidates may share the profile to gauri.shedge@ambitsoftware.com

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About the Role

QA

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end quality assurance lifecycle across multiple client projects, ensuring all deliverables meet agreed quality standards and timelines
• Develop and implement effective QA strategies, test plans, and test cases based on client requirements and industry best practices
• Manage, mentor, and coach a team of QA engineers, fostering continuous learning and promoting best testing practices and methodologies
• Collaborate closely with clients, project managers, business analysts, and development teams to clarify requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Drive performance testing initiatives (preferred skill) using tools like JMeter, analyzing results and providing recommendations for improvements
• Oversee automation testing efforts, coordinating with automation engineers to enhance test coverage (preferred skill)
• Ensure strong database testing coverage by writing and executing complex SQL queries for backend validation, data integrity, and business logic verification
• Monitor defect lifecycle management, prioritize issues based on severity and business impact, and ensure timely communication and resolution
• Coordinate regression testing and continuous integration activities to support Agile and DevOps workflows
• Identify risks and issues in testing phases and proactively propose mitigation plans
• Establish and maintain QA metrics, dashboards, and reports for project status and quality health to share with clients and stakeholders
• Drive process improvements in QA practices, tools, and frameworks to increase efficiency and effectiveness
• Facilitate smooth communication and collaboration between onsite and offshore teams, ensuring alignment on testing goals and progress
• Participate in client meetings and calls to provide QA updates, discuss challenges, and align expectations
• Stay updated with emerging QA trends, tools, and technologies to continuously enhance the team’s capabilities and client deliverables
• Support post-release validation and assist in root cause analysis for critical production issues when required

Qualifications and Skills

• 8–12 years of hands-on experience in manual testing with leadership responsibilities in a service-based IT environment
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, Agile, and DevOps practices
• Proficient in SQL for database testing
• Familiarity with defect management tools such as Jira and Mantis
• Hands-on experience with API testing using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or similar
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with global, cross-functional teams
• JMeter and Automation Testing experience is nice to have, but not mandatory

Preferred Skills

• Experience integrating QA processes into CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium WebDriver)
• Exposure to performance testing tools such as JMeter
• Ability to contribute to or manage automation and performance testing initiatives when required