Test Lead

Kumaran; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems, Chennai, is seeking an experienced QA Lead to drive end-to-end testing strategies across multiple projects. You will mentor QA teams, oversee automation initiatives, and partner with product, development, and delivery stakeholders to ensure top-quality releases.

The role requires expertise in Web UI, API, and Mobile testing, plus hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured, and Java.

Qualifications

• Hands-on testing with QA design techniques and defect management.
• Experience leading manual and automation QA teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end test strategy, planning, and delivery across projects.
• Mentor QA teams comprising manual and automation engineers.
• Drive quality initiatives across Web, API, and Mobile testing.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet quality objectives.
• Own test environments, data, defect management, and release readiness.
• Provide quality metrics and executive-level status reports.
• Promote test automation and CI/CD integration.
• Drive resource planning and team growth.
• Ensure adherence to QA best practices and governance.

Skills

QA methodologies

Test design

Defect management

Automation tools

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Appium

Tosca

RestAssured

Java

Job description

Chennai City Corporation, India | Posted on 10/09/2026

Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI-led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re-engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation-first, GenAI-enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

Why Kumaran?

We blend engineering discipline with AI innovation, helping clients modernise with confidence, automate with clarity, and scale with purpose. Our global delivery model ensures agility, responsiveness, and seamless collaboration, with clients always at the heart of every engagement. At Kumaran, we don’t just solve problems, we engineer future-ready transformations.

Job Description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end test strategy, planning, execution, and delivery across multiple projects and releases.
• Manage and mentor QA teams comprising both Manual and Automation Test Engineers.
• Drive quality engineering initiatives across Web, API, and Mobile testing platforms.
• Collaborate with Business, Product, Development, and Delivery stakeholders to ensure quality objectives are achieved.
• Own and manage test environments, test data, defect management, and release readiness processes.
• Provide quality metrics, risk assessments, and executive-level status reports.
• Drive test automation adoption and CI/CD integration to enhance efficiency and test coverage.
• Lead resource planning, performance management, capability development, and team growth initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to QA best practices, governance standards, and continuous improvement programs.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test design techniques, and defect management processes.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Tosca, RestAssured, and Java.
• Experience in Web UI, API, and Mobile Testing.
• Expertise in Test Environment Management, Test Data Management, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management, people management, and delivery leadership.
• Excellent communication, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, and DevOps environments.

Kumaran Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.