Lead Quality Assurance Tester

ansrsource; India; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ansr source in Bengaluru seeks a Lead – Quality Engineering to define and scale modern quality practices across our product ecosystem. You will lead a team of 6–8 QA engineers and collaborate with engineering, DevOps, accessibility, and product teams to ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and accessibility.

This role emphasizes automation‑first testing, AI‑assisted testing, cloud‑native quality engineering, and distributed system validation to embed quality throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in software testing or quality engineering.
• 2–3 years in a leadership role.
• Experience with API and microservices testing.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive overall quality engineering strategy.
• Lead a team of 6–8 QA engineers.
• Embed quality across design to production monitoring.
• Implement shift-left and shift-right testing.
• Collaborate with DevOps and product teams on QoS.
• Develop cloud-native testing strategies for microservices.

Skills

API testing

Microservices testing

Automation tools

Distributed systems

Leadership

Quality strategy

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

REST Assured

Postman

Pact

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Location: Bangalore (Hybrid – at least one week a month from the office)

Reporting To: Head of Engineering / Chief Technical Architect

About the Role

We are looking for a Lead – Quality Engineering to define and scale modern quality practices across our product ecosystem. This role goes beyond traditional QA and focuses on building a quality engineering culture where testing, automation, observability, and reliability are embedded throughout the development lifecycle.

As the Quality Engineering Lead, you will own the end-to-end quality strategy, lead a team of 6–8 QA engineers, and work closely with engineering, DevOps, accessibility, and product teams to ensure our platforms meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, scalability, and accessibility.

This role is ideal for someone who combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership, and who is passionate about automation‑first testing, AI‑assisted testing, cloud‑native quality engineering, and distributed system validation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall quality engineering strategy across products and platforms.
• Implement shift-left and shift-right testing practices, ensuring quality is embedded from design through production monitoring.
• Introduce risk‑based testing approaches aligned with critical user workflows and business priorities.
• Define and track quality KPIs, including:
  • Defect leakage
  • Release readiness
  • Production reliability metrics
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to proactively identify quality risks.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt tools such as:
  • Playwright / Cypress / Selenium
  • REST Assured / Postman / Pact
  • Modern API testing frameworks
• Evaluate emerging tools and frameworks that improve test productivity and coverage through AI capabilities.
• Cloud‑Native & Distributed System Testing: develop testing strategies suitable for microservices and distributed architectures.
• Implement cloud‑native testing environments that mirror production infrastructure.
• Design and execute distributed performance and load testing using AWS infrastructure.
• Enable large‑scale performance simulations using tools such as:
  • Leverage cloud platforms (AWS) to simulate realistic user traffic patterns and production workloads.
• Ensure system validation for:
  • Scalability
  • Fault tolerance
• Reliability, Observability & Production Validation: collaborate with DevOps to integrate observability into quality engineering using logs, metrics, and distributed tracing.
• Support production readiness testing, including:
  • Recovery validation
• Ensure that performance and reliability metrics are continuously monitored post‑release.
• Drive the adoption of quality signals from production telemetry to improve testing strategies.
• Accessibility & Compliance Testing: collaborate with the Accessibility Lead to ensure testing processes include accessibility validation aligned with WCAG standards.
• Integrate accessibility testing into automated pipelines and QA workflows.
• Ensure accessibility defects are tracked and resolved alongside functional issues.
• Lead and mentor a team of 6–8 QA engineers.
• Establish best practices for:
  • Test documentation
  • Defect tracking and reporting
• Encourage continuous learning and experimentation with new tools and techniques.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: work closely with:
  • Engineering Lead
  • DevOps Lead
  • Accessibility Lead
• Ensure testing is integrated into sprint planning, design discussions, and release cycles.
• Provide clear visibility to stakeholders on product quality, risks, and release readiness.

Required Skills & Experience

5–8 years of experience in software testing or quality engineering, with at least 2–3 years in a leadership role.

• Strong experience with: API and microservices testing
• Hands‑on experience with modern automation tools such as: Playwright / Cypress / Selenium
• REST Assured / Postman
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Strong understanding of distributed system architectures and testing strategies.
• Experience implementing automation‑first QA processes.
• Strong understanding of defect lifecycle management and root cause analysis.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with AI‑assisted testing tools and practices.
• Experience with distributed load testing in cloud environments.
• Knowledge of containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with contract testing frameworks (Pact).
• Knowledge of security testing tools and practices.
• Experience integrating observability tools into testing workflows.

Evaluation Process

Interview Rounds: Testing methodologies, automation expertise, leadership, and collaboration interviews.

Practical Assignment (Test Design):

Why Join Us

• Lead the quality engineering strategy for complex platforms
• Build and mentor a high‑performing QA team
• Work closely with engineering, DevOps, and accessibility leaders
• Influence how quality engineering evolves across the organization

Equal opportunity statement

ansr source provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, caste, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We respect and support diverse cultures, backgrounds, talents, and perspectives. We believe embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment will help us grow and succeed as an organization and better serve learners, who are the ultimate audience for all we create.