Lead Engineer QA (Playwright & ETL testing)

7-Eleven Global Solution Center, India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 781,000 - 1,228,000; Full time

Job summary

7-Eleven Global Solution Center, India in Bangalore seeks a Lead Engineer (QA) to shape the quality strategy, drive automation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will design risk-based test plans, implement automation in Playwright, validate APIs and databases, and ensure timely, evidence-based release decisions in an Agile setup.

The role also involves mentoring QA engineers and contributing to performance, security, and accessibility testing where applicable.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years in manual and automation testing.
• Hands-on with automation frameworks; Playwright preferred.
• API testing experience using Postman.
• SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB) knowledge.
• Agile/Scrum environment experience.
• ETL and data analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the QA strategy, test approach, and quality standards for releases.
• Translate requirements into risk-based test plans and test cases.
• Design and execute manual test cases for web applications.
• Develop, maintain, and improve automation scripts and frameworks.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate APIs, database transactions, and end-to-end data flows.
• Plan test scope, environments, and data; surface risks early.
• Integrate automated tests in CI/CD pipelines and support release decisions.
• Lead defect triage and track with Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Partner with Product Owners, Developers, and QA teams to build quality.

Skills

QA strategy & planning

Automation framework

Playwright

API testing

SQL & NoSQL

Agile/Scrum

ETL & data analysis

CI/CD integration

Mentoring QA engineers

Tools

Playwright

Postman

Jira/Azure DevOps

Job description

Job: Lead Engineer (QA)

Location: Bangalore

We are looking for a Lead Engineer (QA) with strong experience in manual and automation testing. The candidate will help ensure product quality through test planning, execution, automation development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• - Define and drive the QA strategy, test approach, and quality standards for assigned products and releases.
• - Translate business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into risk-based test plans, scenarios, and test cases.
• - Design and execute manual test cases for web applications.
• - Develop, maintain, and improve reliable, reusable automation scripts and frameworks.
• - Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing; identify opportunities to expand appropriate test coverage.
• - Validate APIs, database transactions, and end-to-end data flows across integrated systems.
• - Plan test scope, effort, dependencies, environments, and test data; surface risks and blockers early.
• - Integrate and execute automated tests in CI/CD pipelines, and use results to support timely, informed release decisions.
• - Establish and communicate quality indicators, test progress, defect trends, coverage, and release risks to stakeholders.
• - Lead defect triage and prioritization; ensure defects are clearly documented, tracked, verified, and closed using Jira or Azure DevOps.
• - Partner with Product Owners, Developers, and QA teams throughout discovery, development, and release to build quality into the product.
• - Mentor and guide QA engineers; review test plans and automation contributions, and encourage consistent testing practices.
• - Assess release readiness, communicate residual quality risks, and provide evidence-based recommendations to stakeholders.
• - Drive root-cause analysis for escaped defects and recurring failures, and follow through on corrective and preventive actions.
• - Identify and champion continuous improvements in test coverage, automation reliability, delivery efficiency, and overall product quality.
• - Contribute to non-functional testing priorities--such as performance, security, accessibility, and usability-- where applicable to the product.

Key Skills Required:

• - 8-10 years of experience in manual and automation testing.
• - Hands-on experience with an automation framework; Playwright experience is preferred.
• - Experience with API testing using Postman.
• - Good understanding of SQL and database validation.
• - Good understanding of NoSQL queries, especially MongoDB.
• - Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• - Expereince with ETL and Data Analysis.

Good to have Skills:

• - Knowledge of AWS services.
• - Retail or store technology domain experience, such as POS, inventory, or ordering systems.
• - Selenium or Nightwatch experience