QA Lead

Responsibilities:
Develops and executes accurate test cases as per requirements, analyzes results, and raises issues within schedule.
Ensures optimal test coverage comprising positive, negative, and exception scenarios.
Logs defects with the right priority, tracking them to closure and understanding the root cause for an issue.
Tests and proves that the software meets major architectural requirements.
Provides feedback on usability and serviceability, traces the result to quality risk and reports it to concerned people.
Develops and configures test automation and executes stability and performance tests.
Coordinates with product management and the developer/system engineer to deliver stable enterprise software products.
Develops and executes test automation through test tools. Applies and develops automated testing strategies and helps us to build automated testing frameworks.
Analyzes and verifies the best automated and manual test approaches and executes acceptance, integration, installation, and system testing.
Records test results and reports and verifies software bug fixes to accept automation criteria.
Engages in both functional and non-functional testing and participates in requirement understanding, Scrum meetings, reviews, and test strategy sessions.
Creates and maintains QA and project documentation.
Analyzes problems reported in the production application, identifies root causes, and communicates results with appropriate stakeholders towards resolution.
Requirements:
Minimum 6 to 8 years of experience.
Hands-on experience in working with Agile teams.
Ability to implement test plans, follow test processes, and record results.
Familiarity with software testing best practices, including test standards, code reviews, test data management, test methods, and test techniques.
Strong expertise in writing test cases and test processes and in recording and analyzing test results in automation scripts.
Good test automation skills covering functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end system testing.
Proficiency in test automation, regression, integration, and system testing.
Experience in basic Java or JavaScript.
Experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
Experience in Cucumber, Serenity BDD framework, or CodeceptJS.
Familiarity with tools such as JIRA and Git.
Hands-on experience in API testing.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
Strong communication skills and ability to solve problems.
Should be able to provide reports to senior stakeholders.
Good to have:
Knowledge of other testing frameworks like TestNG, Mocha, or Behave.
Familiarity with TDD, BDD, and the pyramid test model.
Knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably Azure.
Experience/knowledge of performance/load/volume testing.
Experience with performance tools such as JMeter.

Experience
6-10 yrs