Team Lead QA

Location: Ahmedabad (No Remote)

Experience: 6+ years (including 2+ years in QA leadership)

Type: Full-Time

About the Role

Senior QA Lead

If your belief is:

“Anything that can be tested manually should be automated” — then you’ll fit right in.

Key Responsibilities

⚙️ Automation-First QA Strategy

• Architect, implement, and scale 

  end-to-end automation suites

   for UI, API, backend, and integration testing.
• Own the 

  test automation roadmap

   and ensure that 100% of critical functional paths are automated.
• Establish and enforce 

  automation-first standards

   across QA pipelines—

  no manual testing unless justified

  .

👥 Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead a team of QA engineers focused on 

  automated testing

   across multiple projects and platforms.
• Conduct 

  code reviews for test automation

  , help troubleshoot flaky tests, and mentor team members on writing maintainable test code.
• Foster a culture of 

  test ownership, shift-left thinking

  , and 

  engineering accountability for quality

  .

🤝 Stakeholder & Release Management

• Act as the 

  single point of QA contact

   for product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders.
• Plan, align, and prioritize test efforts based on release goals and product risks.
• Drive 

  release sign-off via automation dashboards, metrics

  , and health checks—

  not manual validation

  .

🚀 CI/CD & DevOps Integration

• Integrate test suites into 

  CI/CD pipelines

   (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab).
• Ensure 

  fast feedback loops

   and minimal regression windows via parallel testing, mock services, and test data automation.
• Implement and maintain 

  automated smoke/regression pipelines

   triggered on every commit or build.

Required Skills & Experience

✅ Must-Have

• 6+ years of QA experience, 2+ years in a QA lead or managerial role.
• Proven experience in building frameworks using 

  Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar

   tools.
• Strong experience with 

  JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java

   for writing automated test cases.
• Hands-on with 

  API automation

   using Postman, REST-assured, Karate, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with 

  CI/CD tools and Git-based workflows

  .
• Solid understanding of 

  test pyramid, mocking/stubbing

  , and test environment management.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to align QA efforts with product strategy.

💡 Bonus/Nice-to-Have

• Performance testing experience (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, k6).
• Experience with 

  containerized test environments (Docker, Kubernetes)

  .
• Exposure to 

  contract testing

   (e.g., Pact).
• Experience working in 

  fintech or highly regulated domains

  .

Why Join Us?

• Be the 

  driving force behind our automation-first QA vision

• Own and shape the QA culture in a high-impact leadership role
• Work in a high-performing team that values 

  speed, scalability, and quality

• Zero tolerance for manual inefficiencies—

  build fast, break nothing

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