QA Lead

Infinity learn; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinity Learn in Hyderabad is seeking a SDET Tech Lead to drive quality engineering efforts across critical products. You will lead automation strategy, improve release confidence, and enable shift-left quality practices across engineering teams.

You will design scalable automation frameworks, mentor SDETs, and collaborate with DevOps to integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable releases and high-quality software.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience in Quality Engineering with hands-on automation.
• Proven experience leading QE initiatives in product-based or high-scale environments.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, Java or Python.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end quality ownership across multiple products and teams.
• Define scalable QE strategies, automation standards, and testing best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to identify quality risks early.
• Drive shift-left testing by embedding quality gates during grooming, design and development.

Skills

Automation

Playwright

TypeScript

Java

Python

API testing

CI/CD

Mentoring

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Rest Assured

Postman

Swagger

GoCD

Jenkins

Bitbucket Pipelines

Job description

Tech Lead - 2, Quality Engineering

Location: Hyderabad

Experience: 6-8 Years

About the Role

We are looking for a SDET Tech Lead to drive quality engineering initiatives across critical products and platforms. You will lead automation strategy, improve release confidence, and enable shift-left quality practices across engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Drive end-to-end quality ownership across multiple products, services, and engineering pods.
• Define and implement scalable QE strategies, automation standards, and testing best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Product leadership to identify quality risks early and establish preventive quality measures.
• Drive shift-left testing practices by embedding quality gates during grooming, design, and development phases.
• Contribute to engineering quality governance through RCA discussions, defect analysis, and process improvements.

Automation & Framework Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, mobile(iOS/Android), and backend systems.
• Build robust automation solutions with strong debugging, logging, retry, and resiliency capabilities.
• Drive automation adoption across functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing layers.
• Improve automation reliability, execution efficiency, and test coverage across products.
• Ensure maintainability and scalability of automation frameworks through engineering best practices.

CI/CD & Release Quality

• Own automation integration into CI/CD pipelines and establish reliable quality gates for deployments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Platform teams to improve release quality and deployment confidence.
• Contribute to test environment management, test data strategies, and release validation processes.
• Monitor automation stability, flaky executions, and release quality metrics.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor and guide SDETs on automation, coding standards, debugging, and quality engineering practices.
• Conduct framework reviews, test strategy discussions, and technical reviews across teams.
• Collaborate closely with developers, architects, and product managers on quality initiatives and engineering improvements.
• Drive a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 68 years of experience in Quality Engineering with strong automation expertise.
• Proven experience leading QE initiatives in product-based or high-scale engineering organizations.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript (preferred), JavaScript, Java, or Python.
• Strong hands-on expertise in automation frameworks and tools such as Playwright (preferred), Appium or similar technologies.
• Strong experience in API automation using Playwright (preferred), Rest Assured, Postman, Swagger validation, or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and integration testing strategies.
• Hands-on experience with build tools like NPM, Maven, or Gradle.
• Good understanding of databases, SQL queries, and backend validation strategies.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using GoCD, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience mentoring teams and driving quality engineering best practices across pods.

Good to Have

• Experience building unified automation frameworks supporting Web, Mobile (iOS/Android), and APIs.
• Exposure to performance testing tools such as k6, JMeter, or Gatling.
• Understanding of security testing concepts including OWASP Top 10 and secure engineering practices.
• Familiarity with Selenium 4/CDP, contract testing, or observability tools.
• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools, intelligent test execution, self-healing automation frameworks, or GenAI-driven QE workflows.

What Were Looking For

• A strong Quality Engineer who has evolved into a technical leader.
• Someone who can balance hands-on automation with quality strategy and engineering excellence.
• A leader who drives scalable quality practices and raises the engineering bar across teams.
• A problem-solver who thrives in fast-paced, product-driven environments.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to build and scale quality engineering practices for high-impact products.
• High ownership and visibility across engineering initiatives.
• Exposure to modern engineering and AI-assisted testing practices.