Test Architect

Experion; Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Experion in Kochi & Trivandrum, India, seeks a senior QA/Test Lead with 12+ years to own end-to-end quality for web and mobile products. You will define and evolve the test strategy, oversee automation frameworks, UI/API/DB testing, and ensure robust test coverage for complex applications.

You will mentor QE teams, drive shift-left testing, integrate with CI/CD, leverage AI for QE, and collaborate with project managers and clients to ensure timely, high-quality deliveries across platforms.

Qualifications

• Define and own end-to-end test strategy and architecture covering functional, API/integration, performance and security.
• Lead test planning, team coordination and monitoring to ensure deliveries meet quality standards.
• Guide QE teams to ensure effective test design, execution and coverage across testing genres.
• Drive adoption of AI-led QE practices and stay current with QE tools and best practices.
• Collaborate with project manager and customer for testing communications and risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve test strategy and architecture for functional and non-functional testing.
• Lead planning, coordination and control of testing activities to meet quality standards.
• Provide technical leadership to QE teams for test design, execution and coverage.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable shift-left testing and CI/CD integration.
• Drive AI-led QE practices and stay updated with QE tools and practices.
• Communicate Testing status and risks to project manager and customer.

Skills

Test strategy

Test automation frameworks

UI testing

API testing

DB testing

Automation hands-on

Playwright Cypress Selenium

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI/CD integration

Test lead

QE team management

DB/ETL/Perf/Security testing

Test management tools Xray Azure DevOp

AI for QE

Functional testing

Product testing

Client interfacing

Testing governance

Tools

Xray

Azure DevOps

Job description

Mandatory Skills: Define Test Strategy for complex applications.

• Develop/maintain test automation frameworks
• UI, API & DB level testing
• Hands-on implementing Test Automation & Performance testing
• Codedriven automation using Playwright / Cypress / Selenium
• Strong experience with JavaScript or TypeScript
• Systems thinking, good functional depth.
• CI/CD integration
• Test lead experience in managing QE teams
• Exposure to DB Testing, ETL testing, Performance Testing, Security testing etc.
• Exposure to Test Management tools - Xray, Azure DevOps or similar
• Exposure in leveraging AI for QE
• Functional & Product Testing Experience
• Client interfacing skills
• Testing Governance

Good to have skills: AI led QE, Security testing

Experience: 12+years

Location: Kochi & Trivandrum

Act as a test manager, own end-to-end quality for assigned product(s), acting as the single point of

accountability for testing outcomes for one or more products running on web and mobile platforms.

• Define and evolve the overall test strategy and architecture covering:
• Functional testing (manual and automated)
• API and integration testing
• Performance and scalability testing
• Security testing
• Understand the product under test in depth and work with the team to ensure the test approach taken is appropriate to ensure product quality.
• Perform test planning, team coordination, monitoring and control of the testing activities to ensure the deliveries are meeting the quality standards.
• Ensure the team is utilized for their capacity.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to QE teams to ensure effective test design, execution, and coverage across all testing genres.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable shift-left testing, CI/CD integration, and early defect detection
• Drive adoption of AI-led QE practices, across the different phases of the software testing lifecycle.
• Identify quality risks early and proactively recommend mitigation strategies
• Stay current with emerging testing tools, AI capabilities, and QE best practices, and influence roadmap decisions
• Work in close liaison with the project manager and the customer for communications related to the testing activities.
• Work with the testing team to lay out the approach so that the stories are tested as soon as the development is complete, so that only minimal defects get leaked to the test environment.
• Monitor the project from process and quality standpoint and alert the project manager about the deviations/risks at the earliest.
• Participate in customer calls, the requirement gathering exercises, sprint planning / grooming sessions, sprint review etc. as needed.
• Guide and mentor, the testing team in implementing best practices in different areas of testing including System testing, Regression testing (including automation), Performance Testing, Security Testing etc.
• Establish and track quality metrics, KPIs, and dashboards to measure effectiveness and product health.
• Contribute to generate documentation showcasing the team's capabilities in winning new opportunities.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities by taking part in responding to RFPs from testing/quality assurance context.