Quality Assurance Automation Lead

Job Title: QA Automation Lead (AI-Enabled Quality Engineering)

Location: Kolkata, India (Hybrid)

Department: Engineering / Product Quality

Role Overview

QA Automation Lead

hands-on leadership role

Key Responsibilities

Automation Architecture & Execution

• Design and implement robust automation frameworks for web, mobile, and API layers using 

  Selenium / Playwright / Cypress / Appium / Postman / RestAssured

  .
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• Integrate test automation within 

  CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions / Jenkins)

   ensuring zero-defect releases.
• Champion 

  shift-left testing

  , enabling early defect detection and faster feedback loops.

AI-Driven Quality & Predictive Insights

• Leverage 

  AI tools

   (Testim.io, Mabl, Applitools, Functionize, or ChatGPT-based assistants) for intelligent test case generation, self-healing scripts, and anomaly detection.
• Apply ML-driven analytics to predict high-risk areas, optimize regression suites, and reduce repetitive test maintenance.
• Collaborate with InWork’s AI engineering teams to embed 

  LLM-based validation

   into QA pipelines.

Leadership & Process Excellence

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional QA team (manual + automation engineers).
• Establish QA SOPs, KPIs (defect leakage %, coverage %, automation ROI), and performance dashboards.
• Drive TDD/BDD adoption using tools like 

  Cucumber / PyTest / JUnit

  .
• Enforce documentation discipline via 

  Swagger, Doxygen, Confluence, or ADO Wiki

  .
• Partner with Product & DevOps to ensure QA alignment with sprint deliverables and release cadence.

Continuous Improvement

• Evaluate and onboard modern QA technologies aligned with InWork’s digital transformation roadmap.
• Define training roadmaps to upskill the QA team on new frameworks, AI QA assistants, and cloud-testing platforms.
• Establish an internal 

  QA Center of Excellence (CoE)

   focused on innovation and automation maturity.

Required Skills & Experience

Category

Skills / Tools / Experience

Core Experience

6–10 years in Quality Engineering with at least 3 years in Automation Leadership

Automation Frameworks

Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, TestNG, PyTest, Cucumber

API & Performance Testing

Postman, RestAssured, JMeter, k6, or Locust

Programming

Proficient in Python / JavaScript / Java

DevOps Integration

CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins

AI & Modern QA Tools

Familiarity with Testim.io, Functionize, Mabl, Applitools, or ChatGPT-based test generation

Version Control & Documentation

GitHub / GitLab, Jira / Azure DevOps, Confluence / SharePoint

Soft Skills

Excellent communication, client interaction, mentoring, and ownership mindset

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification: ISTQB Advanced / Certified Test Automation Engineer.
• Experience testing SaaS, ERP, or AI-based platforms.
• Exposure to data validation, BI dashboards, and analytics QA.
• Knowledge of containerized and microservices environments (Docker + Kubernetes).
• Experience in performance benchmarking and load-testing large-scale apps.