QA / Test Lead

DataArtha Solutions; Ernakulam; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

DataArtha Solutions in Kochi seeks an experienced Quality Engineering leader to own the quality strategy across web, mobile, API, security, performance, data and recovery. The role focuses on achieving a six-month MVP with rigorous risk-based testing and evidence-driven release gates.

You will build automated test coverage, guide defect analytics, and mentor QA engineers to ensure production readiness with measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• End-to-end quality leadership for web, mobile and API products.
• Automation strategy across unit, service, UI and mobile layers.
• Performance and security test planning and execution.
• Test data and environment management across multiple environments.
• Risk-based release decisions with defect analytics.
• Clear stakeholder communication under deadline pressure.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategy, environments, data, automation layers and release gates.
• Translate architecture and product risks into traceable test coverage.
• Lead functional, integration, regression, mobile-device and cross-browser testing.
• Coordinate API, performance, security, backup/recovery and failover validation.
• Establish defect triage, severity, root-cause and escape analysis.
• Embed QA early in refinement and acceptance-criteria reviews.
• Report objective readiness and block releases when evidence is insufficient.
• Develop quality engineers and improve automation reliability.

Skills

End-to-end quality leadership

Automation strategy

Performance & security test planning

Test data/environment management

Risk-based release decisions

Clear stakeholder communication

Coaching

Evidence-based communication

Tools

REST Assured

Playwright

Selenium

Appium

JMeter

Gatling

k6

Job description

Own the quality strategy and release evidence for the Pulse platform. Build risk-based testing across web, mobile, API, security, performance, data and recovery so that the six-month deadline does not transfer unacceptable risk into production.

Quality Engineering India - Kochi preferred / hybrid 8-12 years in quality engineering and test leadership Full-time

Reports To Engineering / Delivery Manager

Experience 8-12 years in quality engineering and test leadership

Employment Full-time

Direct Reports QA Automation and Functional Engineers

The Role

What you'll do and what you'll bring

Key Responsibilities

• Define test strategy, environments, data, automation layers and release gates
• Translate architecture and product risks into traceable test coverage
• Lead functional, integration, regression, mobile-device and cross-browser testing
• Coordinate API, performance, security, backup/recovery and failover validation
• Establish defect triage, severity, root-cause and escape analysis
• Embed QA early in refinement and acceptance-criteria reviews
• Report objective readiness and block releases when evidence is insufficient
• Develop quality engineers and improve automation reliability

Essential Qualifications & Skills

• End-to-end quality leadership for web, mobile and API products
• Automation strategy across unit, service, UI and mobile layers
• Performance and security-test planning
• Test data/environment management
• Risk-based release decisions and defect analytics
• Clear stakeholder communication under deadline pressure

First Six Months

Expected outcomes

• Publish quality strategy and release gates
• Automate critical order-to-delivery and operations flows
• Complete performance, security and recovery acceptance
• Establish device/browser matrix and regression baseline
• Provide signed production-readiness evidence

Accountability

Success measures

• Escaped defect severity
• Critical-flow automation coverage
• Regression duration and reliability
• Defect removal efficiency

Good to Have

Preferred qualifications and behavioural fit

• REST Assured, Playwright/Selenium and Appium JMeter, Gatling or k6 Retail/logistics domain testing
• Independent quality judgement
• Risk orientation
• Coaching
• Evidence-based communication

Working Context

What to expect if you join

The role works in a cross-functional, documentation-first and architecture-led product environment. Candidates must be comfortable with hands-on ownership, transparent decisions, code/design review, automated quality controls and production accountability. The six-month MVP excludes unnecessary microservices, Kubernetes, speculative AI and other scope not approved through product governance.

Application evidence: CV, role-relevant portfolio or work sample where applicable, and concise examples showing personal contribution and measurable outcomes. Final compensation, work arrangement and joining date will be confirmed during the recruitment process. DataArtha Solutions is committed to fair, respectful and merit-based selection.