Lead Software Development Test Engineer

Tekion Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekion Corporation in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Software Development Test Engineer to drive quality strategy and automation across large product domains. You will partner with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to embed quality early and ensure scalable test practices for reliability and performance.

The role emphasizes cross-team influence, technical leadership, and delivering high-quality cloud-native platform experiences for automotive retail. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related
• 7+ years in software testing, QA, or testing leadership with automation
• Deep expertise in SDLC/STLC and modern quality engineering practices
• Experience designing scalable test strategies for complex systems
• Advanced experience with automation tools like Selenium/Cypress/Playwright
• Strong API, database, integration, and end-to-end testing skills
• Familiarity with CI/CD, build tools, and automated delivery testing
• Experience with Jira/TestRail/Azure DevOps for test management
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, mentoring skills
• Ability to influence technical direction and quality practices

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end quality strategy for large product domains and major releases
• Design, review, and optimize test approaches across multiple testing types
• Develop scalable automated test frameworks and reusable assets
• Collaborate early with Engineering and Product to identify quality risks
• Establish quality gates and release readiness criteria
• Oversee validation of complex workflows across web, mobile, APIs and backend
• Analyze defect trends and testing metrics to drive improvements
• Support root cause analysis for critical defects and production issues
• Guide test environment strategy and data management for CI/CD
• Mentor senior and junior test engineers on design and automation
• Influence teams to adopt scalable quality engineering standards
• Contribute to roadmap planning with testing scope and risks

Skills

Test automation leadership

Quality engineering

SDLC/STLC knowledge

Automation framework design

CI/CD familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

REST Assured

Job description

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

Job Introduction

The Lead Software Development Test Engineer provides technical leadership for quality engineering initiatives across complex product areas, driving test strategy, automation maturity, and release quality at scale. This role partners closely with Engineering, Product, DevOps, and program stakeholders to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle and ensure Tekion’s products meet high standards for reliability, performance, and customer experience. The Lead Software Development Test Engineer is expected to influence testing practices across teams, guide engineers on quality strategy, and serve as a key escalation point for complex quality risks and release decisions.

Key Role & Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end quality strategy for large product domains, cross-functional initiatives, and high-impact releases

Design, review, and optimize test approaches for functional, regression, integration, system, end-to-end, API, and data validation testing

Drive the development, scalability, and maintainability of automated test frameworks and reusable test assets

Partner with Engineering and Product teams early in the development lifecycle to identify quality risks, clarify requirements, and improve testability

Establish quality gates, release readiness criteria, and risk-based testing strategies to improve delivery confidence

Oversee validation of complex workflows across web, mobile, backend services, APIs, and platform components as applicable

Analyze defect trends, escape patterns, and test effectiveness metrics to identify systemic quality issues and recommend improvements

Support root cause analysis for critical defects and production issues, partnering with cross-functional teams on corrective and preventive actions

Guide test environment strategy, test data management, and integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines

Mentor senior and junior test engineers, providing technical direction on test design, automation patterns, debugging, and quality best practices

Influence engineering teams to adopt scalable quality engineering standards, tools, and processes

Contribute to roadmap planning and estimation discussions by highlighting testing scope, dependencies, and quality risks

Act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for complex release and quality decisions

Job Complexity: Leads highly complex quality engineering work spanning multiple systems, teams, or product domains. Requires balancing hands-on technical contributions with strategic quality leadership, cross-team alignment, and proactive risk management. Impacts release quality, engineering efficiency, and customer experience across broad areas of the platform.

Required Supervision: Operates with a high degree of independence and technical judgment. Receives direction primarily on business priorities, organizational goals, and major initiatives, while independently leading quality strategy, execution planning, and cross-functional coordination for assigned domains.

Expertise: Recognized as a senior technical leader in software quality engineering, test automation, and release risk management. Demonstrates deep expertise in building scalable test strategies, improving automation effectiveness, and influencing engineering organizations toward quality-by-design practices. Brings strong systems thinking, technical depth, and leadership capability to complex quality challenges.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field

7+ years of experience in software testing, quality assurance, or software development, including substantial experience leading complex test initiatives and automation efforts

Deep expertise in software development lifecycle (SDLC), software testing lifecycle (STLC), Agile methodologies, and modern quality engineering practices

Strong experience designing scalable test strategies across complex systems, integrations, and distributed architectures

Advanced experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST Assured, or similar

Strong experience with API, database, integration, and end-to-end testing

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, build tools, and test execution in automated delivery environments

Experience with defect tracking, test management, and quality reporting tools such as Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps, or similar

Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills

Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and quality practices across teams in a fast-paced environment

Opportunity to work with some of the smartest minds to solve complex challenges at scale.

Impactful role in shaping and securing a global, cloud-native & AI driven platform.

Innovative, collaborative, and fast-paced culture.

Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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