Lead Software Engineer Test
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12 hours ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
At Freshworks quality isnt a checkpointits part of our engineering DNA. As a Lead Software Engineer in Test youll be the technical owner of automation strategy and test architecture for products used by thousands every day. Youll work at the intersection of code tooling performance and product confidenceensuring we ship fast without breaking things.
If you think like a developer test like a user and automate like an architectthis role is built for you.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the entire testing lifecyclestrategy tools coverage and automation ROI.
- Build scalable automation frameworks for UI API and microservices.
- Define quality gates across SDLC and drive shift-left testing practices.
- Lead performance non-functional and cross-browser testing initiatives.
- Partner with Dev and DevOps teams to integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive continuous improvement in test coverage stability and developer confidence.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple QA pods.
- Review test code mentor team members and guide debugging and root cause analysis.
Requirements
- 79 years of experience in QA automation and engineering.
- Problem-Solving & DSA: Solves medium-level algorithmic problems with optimized time/space complexity using the right data structures demonstrating strong analytical thinking and applying OOP for extensible automation code.
- Test Automation: Expertise in Selenium automation (Webdrivers Xpath CSS Selectors) proficient in UI & API automation and experienced in Automation Framework Development.
- Testing Methodologies: Deep understanding of STLC Test Management Test Strategy Test Coverage and various Test Frameworks including release processes. Proven experience developing reusable test frameworks from scratch.
- Manual Testing: Competence in performing comprehensive manual tests.
- Communication: Clearly articulates thought processes and problem-solving approaches.
- Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrates ownership effective teamwork and potential for mentoring.
- Hands-on with tools like Selenium Postman JMeter or similar for UI/API/performance testing.
- Experience in CI/CD pipelines test strategy planning and automation architecture.
- Strong debugging and defect analysis skills in distributed systems.
Qualifications :
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.
- Hands-on mindsetsomeone who codes and tests at production-level standards.
- Excellent understanding of functional regression and non-functional testing types.
- Solid communicator with a bias for documentation collaboration and high standards.
- You love making things faster better and more reliableat scale.
Additional Information :
At Freshworks we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential purpose and passion welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds genders sexual orientations religions and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees communities and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Jenkins
- Junit
- Quality Assurance
- Agile
- Testng
- Software Testing
- Java
- Test Automation
- Cucumber
- Selenium
About Company
Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software that is affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshwork ... View more
