QE Lead (Automation)

Quality Ai; Chennai District; On-site; INR 8,662,175 - 10,587,102; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quality Academy training

Career growth opportunities

Bonus programs

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

QualityAI seeks a QE Lead (Automation) to drive the quality engineering efforts for a US-based policy administration initiative. You will lead a team, define QE plans, and ensure high‑quality delivery across UI, API, and end‑to‑end testing.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years in QE/QA with 4+ years in leadership, strong Selenium automation, and deep knowledge of insurance workflows. Onshore/offshore collaboration and Agile with CI/CD are expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in QE/QA with leadership exposure.
• Strong experience in functional testing and test automation.
• Hands-on with UI, API, and end-to-end testing frameworks.
• Knowledge of insurance policy lifecycles and payments workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead QE planning and execution for the TPA initiative.
• Define and manage functional test plans and automation frameworks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure test coverage and quality metrics.
• Build and maintain automation suites for UI, SIT, and E2E validation.
• Oversee test data, environments, and execution cycles.
• Drive defect management and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Mentor QE team across onshore/offshore locations.

Skills

Test Automation (C# with Selenium)

Leadership experience

US insurance market knowledge

API testing (Postman)

Agile / CI/CD

Test planning & framework design

Tools

Selenium

Postman

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

QE Lead (Automation)

Are you interested in working with the world’s leading AI‑first Quality Engineering Company? Ready to advance your career, team up with global thought leaders across industries and make a difference every day? Join us at QualityAI!

We are looking for a QE Lead (Automation) to join our growing team in the United States.

Role Summary

We are looking for a dynamic QE Lead with strong expertise in both functional testing and test automation to lead the quality engineering efforts for a third‑party administrator of life insurance policies initiative. The candidate will be responsible for understanding the policy administration lifecycle, defining and executing the QE plan, managing a test team, and ensuring high‑quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the QE planning and execution for the TPA initiative.
• Define and manage functional test plans, automation frameworks, and quality metrics.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, architects, and client stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure test coverage.
• Build and maintain automation test suites for UI, SIT, and E2E validation using industry‑standard tools.
• Oversee test data management, environment setup, and test execution cycles.
• Drive defect management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Mentor and manage QE team members across onshore/offshore locations.

Experience Level

• 7+ years in QE/QA with 4+ years in leadership roles.

Required Skills & Experience

• Test Automation (C# with Selenium).
• Lead experience (mentoring and managing a team of at least 7 QE team members across onshore/offshore locations focused on functional/manual/test automation).
• Strong US insurance markets knowledge – policy lifecycle, policy admin systems.
• Deep understanding of insurance payments workflows, policy administration, and financial integrations.
• Hands‑on experience with automation tools like Selenium and API testing tools like Postman.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, ADO, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Insurance or financial domain experience, preferably in policy lifecycle, wealth‑management services (annuities experience ideally).
• Certification or hands‑on experience with TPA implementations.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure) and DevOps tools.
• ISTQB or equivalent QA certification.

Benefits

• Be part of a company that supports diversity and inclusion.
• Local and global opportunities – internal rotation and international mobility options.
• Clarity on career progression – the company is growing rapidly.
• Flexible and casual culture with employee events and amenities.
• Continuous learning through the QualityAI Tech Academy – training courses, mentorship, certifications, and leadership programs.
• Bonus programs via client referral and employee referral.
• Competitive pay – salary range for the role is $90,000 – $110,000.

If you’re interested, please send your resume and let’s start talking.