Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Lead

Role Overview: You will be responsible for driving automation, testing strategy, and quality assurance across complex financial systems and trading platforms. Your role will involve 70% hands-on development and 30% testing/leadership, working with top-tier engineers to ensure the reliability and performance of mission-critical financial systems in an agile and high-performance environment. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and enhance test automation frameworks and tools. - Collaborate with developers and product owners to define testing strategies and ensure quality standards. - Conduct white-box and integration testing for trading and financial systems. - Analyze and improve existing QA processes with a focus on scalability and efficiency. - Work with teams on exchange connectivity and real-time data validation. - Lead and mentor a small team of test engineers in automation and test design. - Manage release planning, end-to-end QA ownership, and quality governance. - Drive test automation coverage, improve CI/CD testing integration, and optimize productivity. Qualification Required: - Bachelors degree (BE/BTech or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - 6-8 years of relevant experience in test engineering and software development. - Strong programming experience in Java, C++, or .NET (mandatory). - Hands-on experience with Python or Perl scripting. - Proven ability to design and implement test automation frameworks. - Understanding of financial markets and asset classes (exchange-traded & OTC). - Working experience with UNIX/Linux systems. - Familiarity with JUnit, TestNG, and API/UI test automation (React/Redux). - Experience testing distributed and client-server systems. Additional Details: The company is looking for candidates with job stability (minimum 2 years in each organization), a strong academic and organizational background (Tier-1 colleges or top tech companies preferred), and prior experience leading or mentoring QA automation teams. Exposure to large-scale trading systems or financial infrastructure, knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, performance testing, or DevOps practices are considered nice-to-haves. Work Model: This is a full-time position with hybrid work flexibility based on project requirements. The locations available for this role are Bangalore, Gurgaon, or Hyderabad.,