Lead QA

Job Description:

Job Description: Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering (QA/QE) Engineer

Must-Have Qualifications & Skills

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Equivalent practical experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering may also be considered.

Key Skills

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering across manual and automation testing.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing lifecycle, defect lifecycle, and software development lifecycle (SDLC/STLC).
• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, and executing test plans, test scenarios, and test cases based on business and functional requirements.
• Strong experience in functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, system testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, and UAT support.
• Experience in test automation using tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, WebDriver.io, Cypress, or equivalent.
• Good knowledge of API testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, REST Assured, or similar.
• Experience working with both RESTful and SOAP APIs.
• Strong knowledge of SQL queries for data validation, backend testing, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into effective test cases and acceptance criteria.
• Experience in identifying, analysing, logging, tracking, and reporting defects using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, or equivalent.
• Strong defect analysis skills with the ability to collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and cross-functional teams for issue resolution.
• Experience in creating and maintaining regression test suites, integration test suites, and test data.
• Ability to participate in requirement walkthroughs, design discussions, sprint ceremonies, and release planning.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodology and experience working in sprint-based delivery models.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate quality risks, test progress, defects, and release readiness.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced delivery environment.

Experience

• Should have a minimum of 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering.
• Experience working in product development, digital platforms, enterprise applications, BFSI, healthcare, retail, telecom, or technology services environments would be preferred.
• Prior experience in both manual and automation testing is expected.
• Experience in working with distributed teams and stakeholders across business, development, QA, DevOps, and product management teams.

Good-to-Have Qualifications & Skills

• Certifications such as ISTQB Foundation/Advanced Level, Certified Agile Tester, Scrum Master, or equivalent.
• Experience in building or enhancing test automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of BDD/TDD practices and tools such as Cucumber, SpecFlow, JUnit, TestNG, or similar.
• Programming or scripting experience in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or similar languages.
• Understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
• Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter, LoadRunner, Gatling, or equivalent.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in mobile testing across Android and iOS platforms would be an added advantage.
• Experience with accessibility testing, security testing basics, or cross-browser compatibility testing.
• Domain knowledge in financial services, insurance, healthcare, e-commerce, or SaaS-based platforms would be beneficial.

Additional Skills

• Strong understanding of manual and automated QA practices.
• Ability to develop and implement comprehensive test strategies and test plans to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to acceptance criteria.
• Ability to assess testing scope, identify risks, estimate testing effort, and plan testing activities accordingly.
• Experience in preparing test summary reports, defect reports, test execution dashboards, and release sign-off documentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and strong ownership of quality outcomes.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple deliverables in a deadline-driven environment.
• Good understanding of business processes and ability to validate end-to-end workflows.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to mentor junior QA team members and contribute to QA best practices.

Location:

DGS India - Bengaluru - Manyata N1 Block

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent