Senior QA

Lightbeam; Pune District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightbeam is seeking a Senior QA to lead testing across a privacy-focused platform. You will design test plans, build automated suites for distributed systems and ETL pipelines, and own QA processes from development through release.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, performance analysis, and collaboration in a fast-paced startup environment. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of QA experience, strong Python and Selenium skills, and familiarity with REST/GraphQL APIs, Kubernetes, and cloud

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in QA/testing for distributed systems.
• Strong in Python and Selenium-based testing.
• Experience with REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Familiar with Kubernetes and cloud environments.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects without heavy oversight.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute test plans for data privacy and enterprise-scale features.
• Develop automated test suites for distributed systems and ETL pipelines.
• Perform API, web, and UI automation; conduct performance testing and regression testing.
• Establish QA processes, review test code, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Python

Selenium

Scripting

Communication

Tools

REST APIs

GraphQL APIs

Kubernetes

Cloud

Job description

At Lightbeam, we are building a next-gen AI-based Privacy platform. We are helping build a privacy-first world with the help of our Data Privacy Automation (DPA) solution that ties together sensitive data discovery, cataloging, access, and makes the right (sensitive) identity-centric data available to the right people and teams. With the help of the 360-degree view of the entire sprawl of sensitive data that the solution provides, we enable privacy officers to set policies to automate enforcement.

We are looking for a Senior QA to help us to build and evolve a robust, high-quality platform. This is a great opportunity to create impact, have solid learning, work with a fantastic team, and live the startup life!

The Role

We are looking for a Senior QA with solid prior experience to join us! As a QA Engineer, you will be responsible for testing distributed systems and ETL pipelines at scale. This involves manual testing, automation of distributed systems, web interfaces and API automation, performance testing as well as regression. We are looking for somebody with strong sense of ownership and drive to be able to establish and drive QA processes while being involved hands‑on in testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop test cases for data privacy and compliance, which are designed and developed using technologies like modern machine learning algorithms, deep learning, and AI algorithms.
• Responsible for overall quality of the data privacy and compliance functionality.
• Design test cases to adequately and quickly assess the state of the product;
• Implement aforementioned test design in Python towards building a highly automated test suite framework;
• Leverage past experience of large-scale environments (e.g., Microservices/Kubernetes), file systems, and analytics technology to do root cause analysis and to test performance and scalability of the product.
• Leverage past experience of automation framework(s) and continuous integration platform(s) to develop and maintain Engineering’s continuous software integration effort;
• Program in Microservices/Kubernetes environment and employ robust software engineering practices to develop quality assurance and software automation code;
• Peer-review QA code and test specification documents.
• Establish a good set of QA processes – automation, certifying builds for customers, planning for certifying new feats, in-house test scale setups
• Understanding the product as well as new feature requirements
• Coming up with test plans for the same which should be exhaustive, handle edge cases and scale aspects as well
• Manually testing features and qualifying for releases
• Completing automation for the same
• Adding and maintaining the regression suite
• Qualifying release branches
• Own and deliver within the given deadlines
• Come up with frameworks as apt
• Report issues in a timely manner with an appropriate level of detail

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience
• Strong in Python, Selenium-based testing, Scripting
• Knowledge of REST APIs and GraphQL APIs
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Cloud
• Working understanding of large-scale distributed systems architecture and data-driven development
• Good debugging and communication skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight

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