Lead Quality Engineer

Responsive; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Responsive is seeking a Quality Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end QA and ensure delivery of high-quality products. You will lead the QE team, implement automation strategies, and enhance testing processes while collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

The role requires leadership, hands-on automation, and strong communication as you partner with product, development, and DevOps to set quality goals and optimize testing strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 8+ years in software quality engineering with 1–2 years of leadership experience.
• Hands-on experience in UI automation, API testing, and performance testing.
• Experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines and Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage the QE team, setting goals and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Define QE strategies, oversee test case design, manage test execution (functional, regression, non-functional, exploratory).
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks for functional, API, and performance testing; drive test automation in CI/CD.
• Oversee defect tracking, root cause analysis, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with product, development, and DevOps to optimize testing strategies in Agile ceremonies.

Skills

QE leadership

UI automation

API testing

Performance testing

CI/CD integration

Agile

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

Playwright

Karate

JMeter

Postman

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Responsive is looking for a Quality Engineering (QE) Lead to drive end-to-end quality assurance and ensure the delivery of high-quality products. You will lead the QE team, implement automation strategies, and enhance testing processes while collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Team Leadership & Strategy: Lead, mentor, and manage the QE team, setting goals and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Test Planning & Execution: Define QE strategies, oversee test case design, manage test execution (functional, regression, non-functional, exploratory), and ensure risk-based coverage.
• Automation & Performance Testing: Develop and maintain automation frameworks for functional, API, and performance testing (Playwright, Karate, JMeter). Drive test automation integration in CI/CD pipelines.
• Defect Management & Process Improvement: Oversee defect tracking, conduct root cause analysis, and enhance testing processes using best practices.
• Collaboration & Agile Practices: Work closely with product, development, and DevOps teams to establish quality goals, optimize testing strategies, and participate in Agile ceremonies.

What We’re Looking For

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.

Experience:

• 8+ of experience in software quality engineering, with 1-2 years of leadership experience.

Skills, Qualifications & Ability:

• Strong hands-on experience in UI automation, API testing, performance testing, and quality engineering.
• Expertise in building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks.
• Proficiency with Playwright, Karate, JMeter, Postman, and similar testing tools.
• Experience with BDD frameworks and best practices.
• Hands-on experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Experience working in Agile environments and cloud-based testing.
• Familiarity with test management, reporting dashboards, and quality metrics.
• Understanding of AI concepts, AI-powered applications, AI testing, evaluation methodologies, and RAG fundamentals.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Cursor AI, GitHub Copilot, or similar.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SaaS or B2B products is an added advantage.