Lead Software Development Engineer in Test Job ID: 412154

Zealant Consulting Group; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Zealant Consulting Group is seeking an experienced QA leader to drive testing strategy across UI, API, and performance domains. You will design and scale test automation frameworks, lead a strong QA/SDET team, and mentor engineers to adopt scalable automation patterns.

You will collaborate with product, DevOps, and engineering stakeholders to embed shift-left testing, improve reliability, and reduce defect leakage, while shaping quality culture and driving faster, higher-quality deliveries.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of testing and automation experience, with 3+ years in a lead role.
• Proven experience building and scaling automation frameworks for UI and API.
• Strong coding skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python or Java.
• Experience with microfrontends and databases like MongoDB and Firebase.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality initiatives across UI, API, performance, and scalability testing.
• Design, build, and maintain robust automation frameworks.
• Review code and guide junior engineers in scalable automation patterns.
• Drive shift-left testing and early quality practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality.
• Perform RCA for prod issues and reduce defect leakage.
• Mentor QA/SDET team and promote testing mindset.
• Innovate testing approaches for faster delivery.

Skills

Automation framework design

UI testing

API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring

Leadership

Testing strategy

Test automation

Tools

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Java

MongoDB

Firebase

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Lead Quality Initiatives:Set quality standards and best practices across UI, API, performance, and scalability testing
• Framework Development:Design, build, and maintain robust test automation frameworks for UI and API testing
• Code & Architecture Reviews:Conduct code reviews for junior engineers, guide them in understanding the impact of code changes, and enforce scalable automation patterns
• Shift-Left Testing:Drive early quality practices by embedding testing in the design and development phase; ensure automation catches bugs as early as possible
• Performance & Scalability:Partner with product and engineering teams to validate scalability, performance, and infrastructure-level quality
• Micro frontend & DB Expertise:Provide technical quality insights on microfrontend architecture and databases (MongoDB, Firebase, etc.)
• Mentorship:Inspire, mentor, and guide the QA/SDET team to continuously improve their technical skills and testing mindset
• Innovation in Testing:Encourage new approaches beyond traditional testing methods, focusing on efficiency, faster delivery, and minimal bug leakage
• Cross-Team Collaboration:Work with developers, PMs, DevOps, and product stakeholders to ensure quality is owned across the product lifecycle
• RCA:Drive RCA for all prod issues and plug the defect leakage gaps

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in software testing and automation, with at least 3+ years in a lead or senior role
• Proven experience building and scaling automation frameworks for both UI and API
• Strong coding skills in languages commonly used for test automation (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java)
• Solid understanding of performance, scalability, and infrastructure testing
• Hands-on experience with microfrontend architectures and databases like MongoDB and Firebase
• Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring team members
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation for continuous testing
• Proven experience managing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for large-scale applications. Ability to influence product architecture and design with a quality-first mindset
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team
• Customer-first approach: ensuring quality translates to real-world reliability and user experience
• Experience in developing tools which helped QA org to improve the productivity