QA Lead

QA Lead

About the Role

What You Will Do

• Define and own the test strategy, test plans, estimates and quality gates for platform releases.
• Design, build and maintain UI and API test automation frameworks (Selenium/Playwright, REST Assured) using Java or Python.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines so that regression runs are fast, repeatable and trusted.
• Lead, mentor and allocate work across the offshore QA team; review test cases and automation code to keep the bar high.
• Drive functional, regression, integration, system and UAT test cycles, including backend and data validation using SQL.
• Run defect triage with developers and product, drive root-cause analysis and track fixes through to closure.
• Track and report quality metrics — coverage, defect leakage, pass rates — and provide clear go/no-go recommendations for releases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies — sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups and reviews — providing realistic QA estimates and flagging risk early.
• Document test approaches, frameworks and QA processes so that knowledge is transferable across the onsite and offshore team.
• Collaborate proactively across time zones with US-based leads, developers and product, communicating quality status and blockers without needing to be chased.

A Note on Hands-On Leadership

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of software QA experience, including 2+ years leading or mentoring a QA team.
• Proven ability to define test strategy, test plans and estimates for enterprise applications.
• Strong hands-on test automation with Selenium WebDriver, Playwright or Cypress using Java or Python.
• Solid API testing experience with Postman and REST Assured, including microservices-based systems.
• Experience with TestNG/JUnit and BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Good SQL skills for backend and data validation against relational databases.
• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps, with Git-based workflows.
• Experience with defect and test management in Jira (Xray, Zephyr or similar).
• Experience delivering in Agile/Scrum teams within a distributed onsite/offshore model.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication, with the ability to work directly with US-based leads and stakeholders across time zones.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.

Preferred / Differentiating Qualifications

• Performance and load testing experience with JMeter, Gatling or k6.
• Mobile test automation experience with Appium.
• Contract testing and microservices test approaches; exposure to Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience testing on cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Awareness of security testing basics and test data management practices.
• Experience testing large-scale enterprise platforms; ISTQB certification (Foundation or Advanced Test Manager) is a plus.

Characteristics of the Person We Are Looking For

What Success Looks Like