Senior Quality Assurance Engineer I

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer I at LG Ad Solutions, you will be a technical leader within your team, focusing on ambiguous quality problem areas and complex test scenarios. You will design and implement exemplary test solutions that are maintainable, scalable, and extensible. This role requires strategic thinking, strong technical expertise, and the ability to influence quality practices across multiple teams. You will drive quality methods into all stages of product development while mentoring others to improve overall engineering efficiency. This position is on-site/in office, 5 days a week in the Bangalore office. Responsibilities Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of test plans in ambiguous and complex product scenarios Design test plans that split testing work into parallel tasks to be performed independently Create inventive test solutions that are easily maintainable, scalable, and extensible Anticipate and prevent future defects from occurring through strategic test planning Refactor test solutions to be more efficient and identify deficiencies in test frameworks and tools Partner with development teams to establish the quality bar for products Create appropriate instrumentation to measure quality (pre-release and in production) Improve engineer efficiency and work across team boundaries to share best practices Influence decisions made by other teams to improve product quality Actively mentor and develop others, improving their test knowledge and engineering practices Make appropriate trade-offs between short-term and long-term quality needs Requirements 7+ years QA experience Ability to design and execute test plans for ambiguous quality problem areas and complex test scenarios Proven experience designing extensible test automation, scripts, and test cases Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives addressing architecture deficiencies affecting quality Experience delivering scalable testing solutions with limited guidance Ability to simplify processes, remove bottlenecks, and define new quality metrics Strong judgment on technical trade-offs between short-term team needs vs. long-term business needs Proven ability to influence engineering team owners and QA peers regarding appropriate test strategies Experience actively mentoring team members and improving overall team capabilities Strong problem-solving and communication skills Preferred Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field Experience implementing quality frameworks across multiple teams or products Expertise in advanced test automation architecture and frameworks Experience with DevOps practices and tools for continuous testing Knowledge of machine learning testing approaches Experience with service virtualization and mock services Demonstrated ability to establish quality gates and metrics in CI/CD pipelines Experience with chaos engineering and resilience testing Proficiency in multiple programming languages Experience developing custom testing tools or frameworks