Lead QA Automation Engineer

Tech Mahindra; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 2,400,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mahindra in Pune is looking for a Lead QA Automation Engineer with 10+ years of experience to design and drive enterprise-scale automation across web, API, and mobile platforms. You will mentor teams, shape test strategy, and ensure quality in Agile environments with CI/CD and cloud-native testing in financial tech domains.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Selenium, Playwright, Appium and API testing, plus strong coding skills (Java/JavaScript/TypeScript).

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in QA automation and leadership.
• Design and implement enterprise-scale test automation frameworks for web, API, and mobile.
• Experience in Agile environments, CI/CD, and cloud-native testing in Financial/Banking domains.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and mobile testing.
• Lead end-to-end QA activities including test strategy, planning, and release validation.
• Develop automation solutions using Selenium, Playwright, Appium, and Rest Assured.

Skills

Java

JavaScript

TypeScript

Automation frameworks

Agile

Mentoring

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Appium

Rest Assured

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

CloudBees

Cucumber

TestNG

JUnit

Job description

Role: Lead QA Automation Engineer

Location: Pune

Exp: 10+ years

Notice: 0-30 Days

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead QA Automation lead/Manager with strong expertise in designing and implementing enterprise-scale test automation frameworks for web, API, and mobile applications. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in Agile environments, CI/CD implementation, cloud-native testing, and quality engineering practices within Banking, FinTech, Payments, Digital Banking,

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and Mobile testing.
• Lead end-to-end quality assurance activities including test strategy, planning, execution, and release validation.
• Develop automation solutions using Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, and related technologies.
• Should have strong hold on any language, e.g. Java, JavaScript, typescript etc...
• Build BDD/TDD automation frameworks using Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, or Karate.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CloudBees, Docker, and related DevOps tools.
• Drive Shift-Left testing practices through early test involvement in requirements and design discussions.
• Perform API validation, contract testing, and integration testing for REST/SOAP services.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, product, and business teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Mentor QA engineers and establish automation best practices across projects.
• Conduct performance and load testing using JMeter.
• Analyze logs and monitoring data using Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, or similar observability platforms.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Mambu or other Core Banking platforms.
• Splunk, Dynatrace, MuleSoft exposure.
• AI-assisted Quality Engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini, Postman AI.
• Mobile Banking Application Testing.
• Cloud-native application testing