We are seeking a hands-on Quality Engineering Lead to own and drive end-to-end quality engineering strategy across front-end, API, backend, and data layers. The ideal candidate is a highly self-directed individual contributor with strong technical testing expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced delivery environments.
Define and own the overall test strategy across UI, API, backend, and data layers, ensuring comprehensive coverage aligned with business and technical requirements.
Build, enhance, and maintain automated UI test frameworks using Playwright Playwright experience is mandatory.
Design and execute API test scenarios using JMeter, Postman, RestAssured, or similar tools, covering functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
Develop automated backend, ETL, and data validation scripts using Python or other scripting languages to verify data integrity, transformations, pipeline accuracy, and backend services.
Analyze test results and provide clear quality status reports, risk assessments, defect trends, and escalation recommendations to project and executive stakeholders.
Partner with project managers, product owners, developers, and Scrum teams to plan test cycles, forecast QE capacity, and establish realistic delivery timelines.
Identify quality risks early in the development lifecycle and proactively drive mitigation strategies with engineering and product teams.
Establish and continuously improve QA automation, testing standards, processes, and best practices across the delivery lifecycle.
Independently lead testing initiatives from planning through execution, reporting, and release sign-off.
UI / Front-End Automation
Mandatory hands-on experience with Playwright.
Proven ability to build, maintain, and scale UI automation frameworks using Playwright.
Experience with Selenium, Cypress, or other modern automation frameworks is a plus.
API Testing
Strong hands-on experience with JMeter, Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent tools.
Experience designing and executing functional, integration, regression, and performance API tests.
Backend / ETL / Data Testing
Strong scripting skills in Python or similar languages.
Experience validating backend services, ETL pipelines, data transformations, data integrity, and end-to-end data flows.
Quality Strategy & Leadership
Demonstrated ability to define and execute comprehensive test strategies across multiple technology layers.
Strong understanding of risk-based testing, automation strategy, regression planning, and release readiness.
Communication & Reporting
Ability to translate complex test results and technical risks into concise, executive-level status updates.
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate quality risks, mitigation plans, and escalation recommendations.
Planning & Execution
Experience forecasting QE effort, managing testing capacity, planning test cycles, and delivering against defined milestones.
Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
