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About Anchanto Anchanto is a global enterprise SaaS company whose Cloud and AI products power end-to-end e-commerce and logistics operations for some of the world's largest brands, 3PLs, and marketplaces. Our platforms process millions of orders across 70+ countries every month—and we're still growing. Role Overview We're looking for a QA Manager – Automation to spearhead the automation strategy across multiple SaaS products and lead a high-calibre team of manual and automation engineers. You'll own the complete QA cycle—from test-strategy design to production sign-off—building scalable, reliable, and reusable automation frameworks that keep our customers shipping flawlessly at global scale. Key Responsibilities: Automation Leadership: Define and drive the end-to-end automation roadmap (UI, API, DB, performance). Select, extend, and standardise automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Testim, Cypress, Postman, Rest Assured, JMeter) Ensure 80–90 % critical-path coverage through continuous test-suite evolution. Technical Ownership: Own QA deliverables for multiple cloud products in the e-commerce & logistics domain. Review and approve test strategies, test plans, and code reviews for automated suites. Balance manual v. automated effort; champion "automation-first" thinking. Process & Quality Governance: Champion Agile/Scrum, CI/CD, and shift-left testing practices. Track quality KPIs—test-coverage, defect leakage, MTTR—and drive data-backed improvements. Enforce STLC discipline in Jira, Confluence, and Xray / Zephyr. People Management: Lead, mentor, and performance-manage a 10-15-member QA team (5 + yrs managerial experience). Upskill engineers on coding standards, design patterns, and best-practice automation. Conduct regular 1:1s, feedback loops, and career-pathing. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, DevOps, and Engineering leads to integrate quality gates into every stage of SDLC. Represent QA in release go/no-go decisions and post-mortems. Required Skills & Experience 12+ Years of automation QA experience with at least 5 + years in automation leadership. Proven expertise in e-commerce, warehousing, or logistics domains. Deep understanding of STLC, SDLC, Agile/Scrum, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar). Hands-on proficiency in Java / JavaScript / Python for test automation, plus frameworks such as Selenium/WebDriver, Testim, or Cypress. Strong experience in API automation (REST, GraphQL), database validation (SQL, NoSQL), Security testing and performance testing. Fluent with defect-tracking and project-management tools (Jira, Confluence). Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder-management skills; comfortable working with global, distributed teams and across time zones. Exposure to AI/ML-based test-optimisation tools or self-healing frameworks Nice-to-Have Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile coaching experience. Knowledge of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). Previous ownership of QA budgets, vendor selection, or tooling PoCs. ISTQB certification Show more Show less
