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QA Lead - Whitefield Careers Private Limited
Software Engineer
Lead the QA function across engineering squads, designing automation architecture, establishing standards, and mentoring embedded QA engineers while driving quality initiatives.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement a scalable test automation framework and architecture for the organization.
- Establish and govern a QA Guild, defining standards, tooling, and best practices.
- Act as a player‑coach: mentor embedded QA engineers, set quality standards, and provide technical guidance.
- Collaborate with product, development, and DevOps teams to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive continuous improvement of testing processes, metrics, and defect prevention strategies.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands‑on experience in software testing and test automation.
- Strong expertise with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or similar, and scripting in Python or JavaScript.
- Proven experience building and scaling QA processes in Agile, cross‑functional squads.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to influence and coach without direct line management.
Skills
test automationseleniumcicdpythonagilejenkins