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Senior QA Engineer QA Lead

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Job Location:

Kochi - India

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 4 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 1 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Mandatory Skills

• Manual Testing • Test Planning & Test Strategy • Functional Testing • Regression Testing • Integration Testing • System Testing • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) • API Testing (Postman Rest Assured) • Automation Testing (Selenium / Playwright / Cypress) • Test Case Design & Test Management • SQL & Database Testing • Defect Lifecycle Management • Agile / Scrum Methodologies • JIRA / Azure DevOps • CI/CD Testing Integration • Performance & Load Testing Concepts • Root Cause Analysis • Risk-Based Testing • Quality Metrics & Reporting • Team Leadership & Stakeholder Communication

Preferred Skills

• Playwright Automation Framework • Selenium WebDriver • Rest Assured • JMeter / K6 • TestNG / PyTest • Git & Version Control • Docker Basics • Cloud Testing (AWS / Azure) • Security Testing Fundamentals • Mobile Application Testing

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the end-to-end QA function and testing strategy. • Define QA processes standards and best practices. • Prepare test plans test cases test scenarios and test data. • Lead manual and automation testing activities. • Review requirements and identify quality risks early in the lifecycle. • Manage defect tracking prioritization and resolution. • Establish and maintain test automation frameworks. • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. • Collaborate with Product Development and DevOps teams. • Provide quality metrics release readiness reports and test coverage reports. • Mentor QA engineers and drive continuous process improvements. • Ensure product quality reliability performance and usability.

Leadership Expectations

• Lead QA planning and execution across multiple projects. • Drive automation adoption and quality initiatives. • Establish quality gates for releases. • Manage stakeholder communication and quality reporting. • Take ownership of production quality and release sign-offs.