QA Lead

Responsibilities:        

  • Team Leaders:
  1.  Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing guidance, support, and training.
  2. Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.
  3. Conduct performance reviews and set individual and team goals.
  4. Test strategy & Planning:
  • Develop and implement comprehensive test plans for both manual and automated testing.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and design effective test strategies.
  • Test Automation
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks.
  • Ensure automation coverage for critical features and regression testing.
  • Manual Testing
  • Perform manual testing as needed, especially for exploratory testing, usability testing, and complex scenarios.
  • Review and enhance manual testing processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Test Execution
  • Coordinate and execute test plans, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of test results.
  • Identify and report defects with detailed information, including steps to reproduce.
  • Collaboration
  • Work closely with development teams to understand the product architecture and design effective testing strategies.
  • Collaborate with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with business objectives.
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Implement and advocate for best practices in testing and quality assurance.

Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the continuous improvement of the QA team.

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • Proven experience in both manual and automated testing.
  • Strong leadership and team management skills.
  • Experience with test automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.).
  • Solid understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test cases.
  • Familiarity with version control systems and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • ISTQB or similar certification.
  • Experience with performance testing and security testing.
  • Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java) for automation.

Previous experience in a leadership or managerial role

Job Category: Software
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: hybrid Pune

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