An Amazing Career Opportunity for Senior Lead QA Engineer Location: Chennai, India (Hybrid) Job ID: 38398 Profile Summary: We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Lead Test Engineer (Individual Contributor) who will play a critical role in ensuring product quality through deep involvement in both manual and automated testing. As an embedded member of the development team, you will own end-to-end test planning, execution, automation, and analysis. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on hands-on technical work, enjoys solving complex problems, and is passionate about building high-quality software products. About HID Global HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things. We make it possible for people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. Our trusted identity solutions give people secure and convenient access to physical and digital places and connect things that can be accurately identified, verified and tracked digitally. Millions of people around the world use HID products and services to navigate their everyday lives, and over 2 billion things are connected through HID. We work with governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses, and some of the most innovative companies on the planet. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, HID Global has over 4500 employees worldwide and operates international offices that support more than 100 countries. HID Global® is an ASSA ABLOY Group brand. HID Global has is the trusted source for secure identity solutions for millions of customers and users around the world. In India, we have two Engineering Centre (Bangalore and Chennai). Global Engineering Team is based in Chennai and one of the Business Unit Engineering team is based in Bangalore. Check us out: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/hidglobal/mycompany/ Identification Technologies (IDT) IDT is creating trusted identities for IoT applications through Smart Components and Enabling Services. HID’s Identification Technologies powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things through smart components and cloud services. We make it possible for people and organizations to transact safely, work productively, and travel freely. Our contactless identification and sensing (RFID, NFC, and BLE) components and solution enabling technologies address the dynamic requirements across multiple industries to wirelessly connect, identify, collect and manage data quickly and accurately across virtually any IoT application. Are You Ready to Join the Team? Our company is committed to finding the best and the brightest talent to help us reach the top. If you are a dynamic, highly skilled, experienced Cloud engineer and technology enthusiast, and you enjoy working in a rapid pace within a rapidly growing business environment, then you will want to consider this position. If you excel at communication, collaboration, and unrelenting innovation, we want to talk to you. And if you bring dedication, positive energy and integrity to the table, you just might be the right fit for our team. Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Roles & Responsibilities Independently design, implement, and execute test plans for complex features and systems. Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) as an active contributor to the team. Contribute to story refinement and estimation by identifying test dependencies and required validation strategies. Develop robust manual and automated test cases covering UI, API, and backend layers. Execute functional, regression, and system tests and document results accurately. Troubleshoot issues by analyzing logs, backend data, and service-level integrations. Own test environments and configurations, ensuring readiness for validation and issue reproduction. Develop and maintain automation test suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bamboo). Conduct performance, scalability, and security testing were applicable. Ensure test traceability and compliance with internal quality processes and external standards. Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and DevOps engineers to align quality efforts with business goals. Proactively identify risks, edge cases, and quality gaps and raise them during the design and development stages. Maintain strong documentation practices for test cases, automation frameworks, and issue tracking. Technical Requirements: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong analytical thinking. Strong experience in backend and API testing using tools like Postman, Rest Assured or similar. Solid knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Appium, Playwright, or Cucumber. Experience with testing tools and environments including TestRail, Jira, Git, Jenkins, Docker, etc. Comfortable testing cloud-hosted applications and services (AWS/Azure/GCP). Proficient in writing detailed and reusable test cases, managing test data, and logging issues clearly. Familiar with Agile and Scrum methodologies. Basic knowledge of performance testing (JMeter or similar tools) and security testing concepts. Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment. Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. 10–12 years of hands-on experience in software testing, primarily as an individual contributor. Experience testing mobile applications, particularly with Xamarin and C# (Java/Kotlin is a plus). Prior exposure to firmware, hardware, or embedded system testing is highly desirable. Working knowledge of microservices architecture and containerized deployments. Experience with CI/CD systems and maintaining automation in a DevOps setup. Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., Splunk, ELK Stack) for system-level debugging and validation. Proficient in Java 8 and above, with strong understanding of language features such as Streams, Lambda expressions, and functional interfaces. Strong understanding of various communication protocols including MQTT, WebSocket, and HTTP(S). Experience working with low-level communication interfaces such as USB Serial, RS232, UART, SPI, and I2C. Why apply? Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply. Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers. Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted. This opportunity may be open to flexible working arrangements. HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation. We make it easier for people to get where they want to go! On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it. When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
