Lead Test Engineer

Experian; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Experian Hyderabad is seeking a Lead Test Engineer to guide quality strategy for cloud modernization in Credit & Verification Services. This hybrid role requires about 40% office attendance and reports to Director Engineering.

You will collaborate with engineering, DevOps, product, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions, building scalable automation and applying Gen AI tools to testing workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field with 10 years in quality engineering or test automation.
• 3 years in technical leadership or test lead roles managing teams; experience in cloud-native, regulated industries.
• Strong QA methodologies, Agile testing, SDLC, DevOps, and automation proficiency with Selenium/Cypress/Playwright.
• Experience API testing (Rest Assured/Karate/Postman) and building scalable test frameworks.
• CI/CD pipeline experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bamboo) and cloud-native testing (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the overall quality strategy across products and platforms.
• Lead and support a team of Test Engineers.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers, DevOps, product, and business stakeholders.
• Define, track, and report quality metrics and KPIs.
• Drive automation practices to enable reliable releases.
• Contribute to release governance and production readiness.
• Apply Generative AI to testing frameworks and assets.

Skills

Quality mindset

QA methodologies

Agile testing

DevOps

CI/CD

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Python

Gen AI tools

REST API testing

AWS

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Rest Assured

Karate

Postman

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Bamboo

Python

Gen AI tools

Job description

Company Description

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.co

Job Description

We are hiring a Lead Test Engineer to support cloud modernization initiatives within Credit & Verification Services. This is a hybrid role based in Hyderabad, requiring approximately 40% office attendance each month.

As a Lead Test Engineer, you will be responsible for defining and driving the quality strategy across products and platforms, ensuring quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.

You will work closely with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Business stakeholders to support the delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure solutions.

You will be #LI-hybrid based in Hyderabad and reporting to Director Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the overall quality strategy, including functional, automation, performance, data, and security testing.
• Lead and support a team of Test Engineers, promoting consistent testing practices and knowledge sharing.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and testing solutions.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, DevOps teams, Product Managers, and business stakeholders to integrate quality practices early in the development lifecycle (Shift-Left).
• Define, track, and report quality metrics and KPIs to support data-driven decision-making.
• Lead root cause analysis for critical defects and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive automation practices that support efficient and reliable software releases.
• Contribute to release governance activities, production readiness reviews, risk assessments, and release signoff processes.
• Advocate for testability, reliability, and observability during software design and architecture discussions.
• Apply AI and Generative AI tools to design, develop, and maintain reusable testing frameworks, utilities, accelerators, and engineering assets that improve productivity and testing capabilities across the quality engineering community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field 10 years of hands‑on experience in a quality engineering or test automation role for software systems.
• 3 years in technical leadership or test lead role managing test teams or cross‑functional squads. Proven track record in delivering quality for large‑scale, cloud‑native systems. Experience working in regulated industries like finance, insurance.
• Passion for driving a quality mindset, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence. Strong expertise in QA methodologies, Agile testing, SDLC, DevOps and continuous testing practices. Proficiency in test automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or similar.
• Experience in API testing using Rest Assured, Karate, Postman or similar. Expertise in building and scaling test automation frameworks for UI, API, data and backend systems.
• Strong CI/CD pipeline management using Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Bamboo. Hands‑on experience testing cloud‑native architecture (AWS preferred) including services like S3, Lambda, Glue, Step Functions, Event Bridge, Batch and more. Solid experience in SQL, database, and Big Data validation.
• (Mandatory) Strong hands‑on programming proficiency in Python for building test automation frameworks, utilities, data validation scripts, and CI/CD tooling. (Mandatory) Practical experience with Generative AI (Gen AI) applied to quality engineering for example, using LLMs and AI‑assisted tools for test case generation, test data creation, code/test review, and accelerating automation; including prompt engineering and integrating Gen AI capabilities into testing workflows.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring and alerting systems like CloudWatch, Splunk.

Benefits

Experian cares for employees'' work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavor, we offer best‑in‑class family well‑being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer. Innovation is a critical part of Experian''s DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

Job Location

Hyderabad, India (Hybrid – 40% office attendance each month)