QA Automation Associate Tech Lead

Creative Capsule; Goa; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Capsule is seeking an experienced QA Automation Lead to design and implement automation frameworks, plan tests, and oversee performance, regression, and load testing. You will review client requirements for testability and guide junior staff while collaborating across teams to resolve defects.

The role emphasizes mentoring, hands-on automation, and maintaining high-quality software through structured testing and clear documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in testing various application features, services, and user interfaces.
• Experience in test automation and creating repeatable, maintainable automated test suites.
• Experience in performance testing, SQL queries, Selenium, Shell programming, MS Test, etc.
• Experience with Selenium, Test-Complete, QTP, JMeter, SoapUI or similar tools.
• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks and test-driven development approaches.
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall processes and software lifecycle.
• Understanding of AI tools in testing.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain automation frameworks for testing applications.
• Plan tests, automate, set up/teardown environments, and perform exploratory testing.
• Define test strategy and automate regression and performance testing tasks.
• Review client requirements for testability and provide feedback.
• Mentor QA staff and participate in recruiting new team members.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve defects found during testing.
• Document all work performed and maintain test data and reports.

Skills

Test automation

Performance testing

SQL queries

Selenium

MS Test

JUnit

TestNG

Karma

Protractor

Jasmine

Chai

Mocha

Unit testing

Education

CS/IT background

Tools

Selenium

TestComplete

QTP

JMeter

SoapUI

Job description

Responsibilities

• Responsible for creating and working with automation frameworks to perform testing on applications through automated scripts
• Responsible for test planning, test automation, test environment setup/teardown, exploratory testing, defect logging and verification
• Responsible for creating test strategy, automation setups based on project requirements for automating testing efforts, regression, performance, load testing, etc.
• Reviews client requirements and provides feedback on their testability
• Reviews code/scripts/work done by other automation resources and provides feedback
• Reviews and re-evaluates the test strategies to adjust to changing risks, shifting priorities, and schedules
• Oversees testing of software features: implementation and execution of functional, regression, and acceptance tests through automation
• Oversees the creation and maintenance of automated test data and test documentation
• Leads/mentors test engineers and shares knowledge to make sure QA staff meet the technical qualifications required for their positions
• Participates in recruiting new staff, conducting interviews, and evaluating potential candidates
• Works with clients to evaluate and implement new technologies, offering strategies for improving their testing processes
• Assists executive staff in setting the direction for assuring the quality of the software we produce within the organization
• Collaborates with various teams to resolve bugs and issues identified during testing
• Assists in coaching junior staff, providing feedback, delegating tasks, and helping them develop testing skills
• Documents all work performed

Technical Qualifications

• Experience in testing various application features, services, and user interfaces
• Experience in test automation and creating repeatable, maintainable, automated test suites
• Experience in performance testing, SQL queries, Selenium, Shell programming, MS Test, etc.
• Experience working with Selenium, Test-Complete, QTP, Performance and Web Service testing tools - JMeter, Soap UI and any other tools etc.
• Experience in communicating with clients
• Understanding MS Test, NUnit, Junit, TestNG, Karma, Protractor, Jasmine, Chai, Mocha, and/or any other Unit testing framework
• Understanding of test-driven development & behavior driven development
• Understanding of software development lifecycle and best practices
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall processes
• Understanding of user interface design
• Knowledge of software quality assurance best practices & methodologies
• Familiarity with various defect management systems
• Familiarity with working with AI tools

Personal Skills

• Ability to communicate technical aspects to people with a non-IT background
• Ability to act as a liaison between QA and development teams
• Ability to ensure that solutions developed by technical teams fit the business needs
• Ability to offer alternative approaches to achieve the client’s goals
• Ability to analyze complex situations and manage all variables to achieve optimal solutions
• Ability to act on the information provided or get the information needed so that decisions for project implementations can be made quickly and effectively
• Ability to be a leader by exampleAbility to define and prioritize short-term and long-term objectives for the teams and make necessary corrections under changing circumstances

Education and Work Experience

• Background in CS, IT, or related scientific discipline
• The candidate should have over 7 years of working experience or equivalent education and experience