Quality Assurance Lead

InCred Money Broking; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

InCred Money Broking seeks a Lead QA to drive quality across web, mobile, API, and backend systems. You will own QA strategy, mentor the team, and ensure high-quality deliverables through test planning, automation, and process improvements.

Responsibilities include defining test plans for web/API/backend, driving UI/API automation, API testing with Postman/Swagger/REST Assured, and overseeing defect tracking, CI/CD quality, and release sign-offs.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of QA processes and methodologies.
• Expertise in Web Automation and Mobile (Appium).
• Strong experience in API Testing.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of databases and testing across SQL/NoSQL.
• Familiarity with performance testing and security basics.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QA strategy, planning, and execution.
• Define test plans, scenarios, and cases for web, API, and backend apps.
• Review and approve test deliverables (cases, scripts, reports).
• Drive test automation strategy for UI and API.
• Perform and guide API testing (REST, Postman, Swagger, REST Assured).
• Ensure defect tracking, triage, and root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with Product, Development, and DevOps teams.
• Validate non-functional testing (performance, security, reliability).
• Ensure quality in CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor test metrics and KPIs.
• Mentor and guide QA team members.
• Participate in release sign-offs.

Skills

QA processes

Web Automation

API Testing

BDD frameworks

CI/CD tools

Cloud environments

Databases

Performance testing

Security testing basics

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Appium

Postman

REST Assured

Swagger

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL

NoSQL

JMeter

Gatling

Job description

We are looking for a Lead QA to drive quality assurance activities across web, mobile, API, and backend systems. The ideal candidate will lead QA strategy, mentor team members, and ensure high-quality deliverables through effective test planning, automation, and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QA strategy, planning, and execution
• Define test plans, test scenarios, and test cases for web, API, and backend applications
• Review and approve test deliverables (test cases, automation scripts, reports)
• Drive test automation strategy for UI and API
• Perform and guide API testing (REST, Postman, Swagger, REST Assured)
• Ensure defect tracking, triage, and root cause analysis
• Coordinate with Product, Development, and DevOps teams
• Validate non-functional testing (performance, security, reliability)
• Ensure quality in CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor test metrics and KPIs
• Mentor and guide QA team members
• Participate in release sign-offs

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of QA processes & methodologies
• Expertise in Web Automation (Selenium / Playwright / Cypress) amd Mobile(Appium)
• Strong experience in API Testing (Postman, REST Assured, Swagger)
• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber)
• Understanding of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Knowledge of databases (SQL, NoSQL)
• Experience in performance testing (JMeter / Gatling – good to have)
• Understanding of security testing basics (OWASP)

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Strong team leadership and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to drive quality ownership across teams
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments
• Proactive problem-solving mindset

Nice to Have(optional)

• Experience in microservices architecture
• Knowledge of Docker/Kubernetes
• Exposure to cross-zone load balancing & cloud networking