QA - Lead

Iris Software, Inc.; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris Software in Noida, UP, India, seeks a QA - Lead to own enterprise automation testing strategy and drive quality across engagements.

You will lead multiple QA teams, design CI/CD execution for automated suites, and mentor engineers to deliver production-ready automation with robust governance and KPI dashboards.

Qualifications

• Mandatory skills include Selenium, Java, API automation, REST Assured, TDD and JUnit.
• Experience designing and implementing automated testing strategies.
• Proven ability to lead QA/automation teams across projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the automation testing strategy and roadmap.
• Drive adoption of automation tools, frameworks, and best practices across projects.
• Establish governance models, standards, reusable components, and testing guidelines.

Skills

Selenium

Java

API Automation

REST Assured

TDD

Junit

Job description

Job Title

QA - Lead

Job Description

Mandatory Skills: Selenium, Java, API Automation, REST Assured, TDD, Junit

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise-level automation testing strategy and roadmap ensuring alignment with engagement objectives, prioritized applications and quality engineering goals.
• Drive adoption of advanced automation tools, frameworks, and best practices across projects.
• Establish governance models, architecture, standards, reusable component and maintainability improvements, coding standards, and automation guidelines across teams (coding conventions, tagging, reporting, error handling, retry strategy, and test data approach).
• Lead multiple QA teams ensuring delivery of high-quality automated testing solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for complex automation scenarios (API auth, asynchronous flows, data setup/teardown, and cross-system validations).
• Design the CI/CD execution approach for automated suites in GitLab (pipeline stages, schedules, environments, and runner requirements) and guide implementation.
• Accountable for automation effectiveness, defect leakage reduction, and overall test confidence across programs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define automation KPIs (pass rate, flakiness, execution duration, defect leakage, and release readiness indicators), dashboards, and quality metrics.
• Establish Jira/X-Ray integration patterns for traceability, governance, and automated reporting (test plans, executions, evidence, and dashboards as applicable).
• Review and assure quality of automation code via standards enforcement, code reviews, and mentoring of QA engineers.
• Define and oversee knowledge transfer and onboarding approach (framework usage, contribution model, and troubleshooting runbooks).
• Identify and manage automation risks/dependencies (environments, test data, access, runner capacity) and elevate blockers to governance forums.
• Support defect triage and RCA for automation failures in collaboration with client teams and drive improvements to reduce flaky tests.
• Ensure delivered automation artifacts are production-ready (documentation, maintainability, and handover readiness).
• Contribute to agile ceremonies and stakeholder demos to communicate progress, outcomes, and next steps.
• Identify opportunities for innovation including AI-driven testing, performance optimization, and continuous testing.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and strategic direction to QA and automation teams.

Behavioral Competencies

• Demonstrates leadership and accountability in driving quality outcomes. Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders.
• Promotes a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Apply strategic thinking to manage quality risks and testing challenges.
• Makes informed decisions balancing quality, timelines, and business needs.

Location

Location: Noida, UP, India

Company

Company: Iris Software