Team Lead Tech Quality Assurance
About the Role -This role requires hands-on technical expertise along with the ability to drive QA excellence explore emerging technologies and influence quality practices across the organization.
Key ResponsibilitiesLeadership & Strategy -
Drive QA R&D initiativescontinuously explore evaluate and introduce new tools technologies and testing approaches.
Promote and implement innovative automation and AI-driven testing practices.
Mentor and guide QA/SDET team members to strengthen technical and testing capabilities.
Automation & Framework Ownership -
Design and develop automation frameworks for UI API and performance testing.
Establish standardized reusable baseline frameworks that can be adopted across GALE accounts.
Required Skills & Experience -
- 7 years of experience in QA automation and test strategy with proven SDET competencies.
- Strong understanding of functional testing concepts test design techniques and defect lifecycle.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language Python preferred (Java/JS acceptable).
- Strong hands-on experience with UI/functional automation using Selenium Playwright or Cypress.
- Ability to architect automation frameworks and set organization-wide automation standards.
- Hands-on experience with API automation using Postman/Newman Karate or RestAssured.
- Strong experience with performance testing (Locust JMeter or similar).
- Good working knowledge of SQL and database validation across relational databases.
- Conceptual understanding of AI/LLM models with a keen interest in leveraging AI for QA acceleration.
- Ability to think strategically challenge existing approaches and drive continuous improvement in QA processes.