Quality Control Lead

BCITS PVT LTD; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AI-assisted testing initiative

Mentor QC team

Opportunity to lead critical projects

Job summary

BCITS PVT LTD Bengaluru seeks a hands-on QC Lead to own end-to-end quality assurance across enterprise web and mobile applications, APIs, databases and IoT solutions. The role combines technical contribution with team leadership and AI-assisted testing initiatives.

You will drive test strategy, build scalable automation frameworks and mentor the QC team while coordinating with Product, Dev, and Ops. Strong automation, API, and mobile testing experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Hands-on QA with robust manual testing and automation experience.
• Experience in defining test strategies across web, mobile, API and databases.
• Ability to lead, mentor and drive AI-assisted testing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete testing lifecycle from requirements to release validation.
• Define test strategy for manual, automation, API, database, mobile and performance testing.
• Translate requirements into test scenarios and traceability matrices.
• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web, API and mobile apps.
• Increase automation coverage by prioritizing high-value regression tests.
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD and provide rapid feedback.
• Perform various testing types: functional, regression, integration, system, exploratory and E2E.
• Validate complex workflows across apps, devices, networks, APIs and third-party systems.
• Plan and execute performance, load and failover tests for high-transaction systems.
• Lead defect triage, root cause analysis and drive fixes with dev teams.
• Establish release readiness criteria and go/no-go recommendations.
• Mentor QC engineers and build automation/AI testing capabilities.

Skills

Manual testing

Leadership

QA strategy

Mentoring

Test planning

Agile

Education

BE/B.Tech/MCA in CS/IT/IS/EC/EE or related

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Java

TestNG

REST Assured

Postman

Appium

JMeter

Gatling

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Education:

BE/B.Tech/MCA in Computer Science, IT, Information Science, ECE, EEE or a related discipline

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands‑on QC Lead to own end‑to‑end quality assurance across enterprise web applications, mobile applications, APIs, databases and IoT/device-integrated solutions.

The candidate must have strong manual testing expertise, hands‑on automation experience and the ability to introduce AI-assisted testing practices. This is a working‑lead role requiring both technical contribution and team leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the complete testing lifecycle—from requirement analysis and test planning to release sign-off and production validation.
• Define the test strategy covering manual, automation, API, database, mobile, integration and performance testing.
• Understand business requirements and translate them into test scenarios, test cases and requirement traceability matrices.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable automation frameworks for web applications, APIs and mobile applications.
• Identify high‑value regression scenarios and continuously increase automation coverage.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and provide rapid release‑quality feedback.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, exploratory and end‑to‑end testing.
• Validate complex workflows involving applications, devices, communication networks, APIs and third‑party systems.
• Perform database testing, backend validation and data reconciliation using SQL.
• Plan performance, load, volume, reliability and failover testing for high‑transaction systems.
• Review automation code, test cases, test evidence and defect reports prepared by the QC team.
• Lead defect triage, perform root‑cause analysis and drive defects to closure with development teams.
• Establish release‑readiness criteria and provide evidence‑based Go/No‑Go recommendations.
• Track defect leakage, automation coverage, test effectiveness and release‑quality trends.
• Mentor QC engineers and build team capability in automation and AI‑assisted testing.
• Coordinate with Product, Development, DevOps, Implementation and Support teams.

Automation Testing Requirements

• Hands‑on experience with Selenium, Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience with Java and TestNG/JUnit, or an equivalent automation stack.
• API automation experience using REST Assured, Postman/Newman or equivalent tools.
• Exposure to mobile automation using Appium or similar tools.
• Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling.
• Strong understanding of reusable frameworks, page‑object models, data‑driven testing and test reporting.
• Experience integrating automated tests with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Working knowledge of Git and automated test execution in different environments.
• Ability to analyse automation failures and distinguish product defects from script or environment issues.

AI‑Assisted Testing Requirements

• Practical understanding of using AI tools to generate, optimise and review test scenarios and automation scripts.
• Ability to use AI for requirement analysis and identification of missing, duplicate or high‑risk test cases.
• Exposure to AI‑assisted automation tools, self‑healing locators or intelligent test‑maintenance techniques.
• Interest in building an AI‑enabled, continuously improving QC process.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile methodologies and defect lifecycle management.
• Strong experience in manual testing of complex enterprise applications.
• Mandatory hands‑on experience in test automation.
• Good knowledge of REST APIs, microservices and distributed application architecture.
• Strong SQL and database‑testing skills, preferably with PostgreSQL.
• Good leadership, planning, communication and stakeholder‑management capabilities.
• Ability to remain hands‑on while leading and mentoring the testing team.

Preferred Experience

• Testing utility, smart metering, IoT, billing, ERP or other large‑scale enterprise platforms.
• Device‑to‑platform and protocol‑based integration testing.
• Exposure to cloud‑hosted and on‑premises application environments.
• Experience in security, reliability, failover and production‑readiness testing.
• ISTQB or equivalent testing certification is an advantage.