About the Role:
We are looking for a Test Lead with strong technical testing expertise, hands-on automation and performance experience, and the ability to guide a small-to-medium QA team. You’ll be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing testing activities while remaining actively involved in automation and performance testing tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead day-to-day testing activities across one or more projects.
• Define and maintain test plans, test cases, and test data aligned with business requirements.
• Remain hands-on in automation testing — building, enhancing, and executing test scripts using tools like Selenium, or Playwright.
• Design and run performance tests with JMeter, or similar tools, and work with developers to tune performance issues.
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners within Agile/Scrum teams.
• Ensure timely defect reporting, tracking, and closure.
• Support CI/CD integration for automated test execution (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Provide technical guidance to team members, perform code reviews for test scripts, and share best practices.
• Contribute to test environment setup and test data management.
• Track and communicate test progress, risks, and issues to the project manager or QA manager.
Requirements
Required Skills & Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 9+ years of overall software testing experience with strong hands-on involvement.
• ISTQB Certified Tester (Advanced Level preferred).
• Proven experience with automation tools/frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit).
• Solid experience in performance testing (JMeter, or equivalent).
• Good understanding of API testing (Postman, Rest Assured, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile testing practices.
• Experience with defect and test management tools (JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail).
• Working knowledge of SQL for backend validation.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.