QA Lead

Lucio; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucio is seeking a QA leader in Bengaluru to design and implement the QA strategy from scratch for AI-powered legal products. You will build automated suites across functional, regression, performance and security testing and own QA in CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with founders, engineers, and product managers to embed quality into every sprint, mentor junior QA engineers, and decide on tools and budget. Startup experience is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of QA experience; 1–2 years in a senior/lead role.
• Built QA processes from scratch; startup experience preferred.
• Hands-on automation with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright or Appium.
• Strong API testing skills using Postman or REST Assured.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines and Git.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the QA strategy from scratch, including frameworks, tools, processes, and standards.
• Build and maintain automated test suites (functional, regression, performance, security).
• Set up and own QA within CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform and oversee API, UI, and end-to-end testing for AI-powered legal products.
• Define and track quality metrics and reporting for leadership.
• Work directly with founders, engineers, and product managers to embed quality into every sprint.
• Hire and mentor junior QA engineers as the team scales.
• Own bug tracking workflows using JIRA or equivalent.
• Evaluate and decide on tooling and budget for the QA function.

Skills

QA strategy development

Automation frameworks

CI/CD

API testing

AI/ML testing

Communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Tools

Selenium

Cypress

Playwright

Appium

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement the QA strategy from scratch, including frameworks, tools, processes, and standards.
• Build and maintain automated test suites (functional, regression, performance, security).
• Set up and own QA within CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform and oversee API, UI, and end-to-end testing for AI-powered legal products.
• Define and track quality metrics and reporting for leadership.
• Work directly with founders, engineers, and product managers to embed quality into every sprint.
• Hire and mentor junior QA engineers as the team scales.
• Own bug tracking workflows using JIRA or equivalent.
• Evaluate and decide on tooling and budget for the QA function.

Requirements:

• 4-8 years of QA experience, with at least 1-2 years in a senior or lead capacity.
• Proven experience building QA processes from scratch (startup experience strongly preferred).
• Hands-on with automation tools: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium.
• Strong in API testing, Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent.
• Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines and Git.
• Experience testing AI/ML-powered products is a big plus.
• Exposure to performance and security testing.
• An excellent communicator can translate QA insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• In an entrepreneurial mindset, you see gaps and fix them without being asked.