QA Test Lead

Opus Technologies; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Opus Technologies in Pune (Hybrid) seeks a QA Test Lead with 9+ years of experience to own automation platform architecture and governance. You will define the automation pyramid strategy, drive risk-based scope, and ensure consistent quality across regression coverage areas.

You will mentor the regression engineering team, lead code reviews, and steer the automation strategy toward clear exit criteria in an Agile environment, collaborating with PM, Eng, and Release teams.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of QA/Automation leadership and hands-on testing.
• Proven ability to design and govern automation frameworks and strategy.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and Agile/Scrum.
• Ability to mentor regression engineers and lead code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, standards, and governance of the QE regression automation platform.
• Define automation pyramid strategy and drive Priority-0/1 scope.
• Collaborate with Product, Eng, Performance, and Release teams on release gates.
• Mentor regression engineers, lead code reviews and evaluations.
• Drive automation strategy toward four-month exit criteria.

Skills

Java

J2EE

Spring

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Selenium

Cucumber

CI/CD

QA Leadership

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

Tools

Playwright

RestAssured

Karate

Selenium

Cucumber

JMeter

Blazemeter

Job description

QA Test Lead

Experience - 9+ years

Location - Pune (Hybrid)

As the QE Test Lead, you will own the architecture, standards, and governance of the CHS QE regression automation platform, with approximately 50% protected capacity dedicated to platform architecture, shared libraries, code reviews, and quality reporting. You will define the automation pyramid strategy (API/component-first with a thin UI layer), drive risk-based Priority-0/Priority-1 scope and ensure consistent quality across all regression engineers' coverage areas (Widget/auth/eligibility, Airports/Lounge/Fast Track, vendor/virtualization, billing/allocation, Data Roaming, and batch/event flows).

Working within an Agile environment, you will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Performance, and Release Engineering to define release-quality gates, triage and quarantine procedures, and operating model documentation. In addition, you will mentor the regression engineering team, lead code reviews and technical evaluations, and drive the overall automation strategy toward the four-month exit criteria.

Skills/Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience in Java, J2EE, Spring, and Spring Boot
  Proven experience building and consuming REST APIs and Web Services
  Hands-on experience with Playwright, RestAssured, Karate, Selenium, Cucumber, JMeter, Blazemeter, and API Automation frameworks
  Proven experience designing and governing automation framework architecture and strategy
  Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and SDLC
  Experience with CI/CD, Git, code reviews, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
  Demonstrated ability to lead, set standards, and drive initiatives independently
• Hands-on experience developing solutions and building AI-powered agents using tools such as GitHub

Copilot,Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, and similar AI platforms to accelerate software development,

testing, troubleshooting, automation, and technical documentation.

• Experience troubleshooting production issues, root-cause analysis, and production support
• Strong communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills
• High degree of initiative, self-motivation, and continuous learning mindset

In addition, the following is also highly desirable:

• Test architecture and platform governance experience
  Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
  Microservices and cloud-native application architecture
  Performance and security testing exposure
  Payments, Benefits, or FinTech domain experience

Education

bachelors degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.