Quality Assurance Technical Lead

iCapital; Jaipur; Hybrid; INR 1.800.000 - 2.800.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

iCapital in Jaipur is seeking a Technical Lead – Quality Assurance to guide end-to-end QA strategy, governance, and execution for major products. You will lead test planning, automation efforts, and risk-based testing while mentoring the QA team and aligning with Product, Engineering, and Client Delivery teams.

The role emphasizes AI-driven testing, CI/CD integration, and robust validation of complex workflows across underwriting, policy servicing, and rule-based calculations.

Qualifikationen

• 5–8 years in Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering roles.
• Experience leading QA teams and end-to-end quality delivery.
• Deep QA methodology, testing strategy, and automation expertise.
• Strong domain knowledge in Life Insurance and Annuities.
• Hands-on with Selenium, Katalon, Jira, TestRail, Jenkins; API testing

Aufgaben

• Define and execute end-to-end QA strategy aligned with product and business needs.
• Lead test planning, regression cycles, and defect triage across projects.
• Validate complex workflows including underwriting and policy servicing.
• Drive risk-based testing to reduce production defects.
• Establish QA standards and drive automation-first initiatives.
• Mentor QA engineers and foster cross-functional collaboration.
• Integrate QA with CI/CD pipelines for faster releases.
• Provide technical oversight for test automation across UI, API, and integration layers.

Kenntnisse

QA leadership

Automation

CI/CD integration

Test strategy

Risk-based testing

Mentoring

AI-driven testing

Selenium

Jira

Jenkins

API testing

Tools

Selenium

Katalon

Jira

TestRail

Jenkins

API testing tools

Jobbeschreibung

The Technical Lead – Quality Assurance is a senior technical leader responsible for driving end-to-end quality strategy, governance, and execution across assigned products or programs. This role combines deep hands-on expertise with leadership capabilities to ensure high-quality software delivery, strong automation adoption, and alignment with business and customer expectations.

Operating across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), the QA Technical Lead partners closely with Product, Engineering, and Client Delivery teams to define testing strategies, improve efficiency, and ensure robust validation of complex business workflows. The role plays a critical part in strengthening quality practices, reducing risk, and enabling predictable, high-quality releases.

This position also focuses on building team capability, mentoring QA engineers, and driving innovation through automation, AI-driven testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Deliverables and Performance Measures

• Define and execute end-to-end QA strategy aligned with product, business, and customer requirements
• Lead test planning, execution, regression cycles, and defect triage across projects and releases
• Ensure validation of complex, end-to-end business workflows including underwriting, policy servicing, and rule-based calculations
• Drive risk-based testing approaches to prioritize critical functionalities and reduce production defects
• Establish and enforce QA standards, frameworks, and best practices across teams
• Monitor and analyze quality metrics such as defect leakage, test coverage, and execution efficiency
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions to improve product quality
• Provide technical oversight for test automation across UI, API, and integration layers
• Drive automation-first strategy, increasing coverage and reducing manual effort
• Integrate QA processes with CI/CD pipelines to enable faster and more reliable release cycles
• Collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams to ensure environment readiness, data setup, and release validation
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for system architecture, integrations, and configuration-driven implementations
• Present quality metrics, release readiness status, and risk assessments to stakeholders
• Mentor and develop QA team members, improving technical and domain capabilities
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment between QA, Development, Product, and Client Delivery
• Drive adoption of AI-driven testing practices, including intelligent automation and efficient regression strategies

What Will Make You Successful

• 5-8 years of experience in Quality Assurance / Quality Engineering roles
• Strong experience in leading QA teams and managing end-to-end quality delivery
• Deep expertise in QA methodologies, test strategy, and automation frameworks
• Strong domain knowledge in Life Insurance and Annuities
• Experience with tools such as Selenium, Katalon, Jira, TestRail, Jenkins, and API testing tools
• Hands‑on experience integrating QA with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Strong understanding of system architecture, integrations, and complex workflows
• Experience in risk-based testing, defect management, and root cause analysis
• Proven ability to analyze quality metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop high‑performing QA teams
• Experience leveraging AI tools for testing, automation, and productivity improvements is a plus
• High ownership mindset with the ability to operate in a fast‑paced, delivery‑driven environment

Where We See This Role Going:

We are committed to being a driving force in the innovation of the insurance market and that means that we help our employees stay on top of current trends and technologies, and progress within our company. This position can move into the following roles.

• Manager, Quality Assurance
• Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office four days, with the flexibility to work remotely one day (Friday).

iCapital is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmatively action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.