Quality Assurance Lead

BrightEdge; India; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in India is seeking a Senior Talent Partner for their QA initiatives. This full-time role involves owning test strategies, mentoring QA engineers, and collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to enhance quality processes. The ideal candidate should have 8-15 years of QA experience, including leadership, and proficiency in web and API testing. Excellent communication skills and experience in agile environments are essential for success in this critical role.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of experience in QA, with at least 2 years in a lead role.
• Strong experience in web and API testing required.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and define the test strategy across multiple teams.
• Mentor and grow the QA team through technical coaching.
• Drive release readiness, including regression and validation testing.
• Manage QA efforts across release cadences.

Skills

Web testing

API testing

CI/CD exposure

MySQL debugging

Stakeholder management

Agile teamwork

Communication

Distributed teams

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Playwright

Cypress

Selenium

Postman

Docker

JMeter

k6

Job description

Senior Talent Partner @ BrightEdge | Leadership & Tech Hiring | Recruitment Strategy | Scaling Teams 0→100 | AI-Driven Recruitment

About the Job

Experience: 8 - 15 years in QA, with at least 2 years in a lead role

Responsibilities

• Own and define the test strategy for features, releases, and systems across multiple teams
• Lead manual and automated testing efforts to ensure high product quality
• Mentor, guide, and grow a team of QA engineers through technical and process coaching
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and DevOps to ensure alignment on quality goals
• Drive release readiness, including regression, performance, and production validation testing
• Manage the QA effort across weekly/bi-weekly release cadences, ensuring fast feedback loops
• Identify and cover edge cases (e.g., timezones, Unicode, scaling boundaries) early in the lifecycle
• Work with automation engineers to improve CI/CD pipeline integration and coverage
• Proactively identify quality risks and own mitigation planning
• Lead root cause analyses of production issues and drive systemic improvements
• Report key quality metrics (e.g., defect leakage, automation coverage, flaky tests) to stakeholders
• Champion continuous improvement in QA processes, tools, and test architecture
• Participate in agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and release retrospectives
• Promote a strong customer-first quality mindset across engineering
• Encourage self-learning within the QA team and stay current with modern QA tools and methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience in web and API testing
• Automation exposure for API
• Exposure to CI/CD systems like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• Good understanding of MySQL, logs, and Linux debugging
• Experience working in agile teams with fast release cycles
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable working with distributed teams and across time zones
• Experience working in startup or scale-up environments

Nice to Have

• Exposure to performance testing and tools like JMeter or k6
• Understanding of observability practices
• Knowledge of Docker
• Hands‑on with automation tools like Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Postman

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Information Technology and Engineering

Industries

• Software Development and Financial Services

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