Senior Software Test Lead — Automation & Release Quality

maestro human resource pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

maestro human resource pte. ltd. in Singapore is seeking a QA/Test Lead with 3–6 years of related experience.

The role focuses on test strategy, test management, team leadership, and automation oversight to ensure quality across SIT, system, integration, regression, UAT, and performance tests. Candidates will coordinate with project managers, business analysts, developers, and stakeholders, manage defects and test data, and ensure compliance with QA standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in IT / Software
• 3-6 yrs related experience
• Experience in automation testing
• Working location: AMK

Responsibilities

• Define the overall test strategy, scope, approach, test phases, timelines, resources, tools, entry/exit criteria, and deliverables.
• Manage SIT, system testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT support, performance testing, security testing, and other test phases.
• Lead test leads, QA engineers, testers, vendors, and offshore teams; assign work and monitor progress.
• Ensure test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, test data, and requirements traceability are complete and properly reviewed.
• Oversee defect logging, prioritisation, triage, retesting, closure, and escalation of critical defects.
• Track execution progress, pass/fail rates, defect trends, coverage, blockers, and overall testing health.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, System Engineers, Product Owners, business users, vendors, and clients.
• Identify testing risks, dependencies, resource constraints, environment issues, and quality concerns, and establish mitigation plans.
• Coordinate availability of test environments, interfaces, accounts, configurations, and appropriate test data.
• Identify suitable areas for automated testing and oversee automation frameworks/tools for regression and repetitive testing.
• Ensure testing follows organizational QA standards, processes, security requirements, and relevant regulatory/compliance requirements.
• Prepare test dashboards, status reports, defect reports, test completion reports, and management updates.
• Assess whether testing has met exit criteria and provide a quality/risk assessment to support Go/No-Go decisions.
• Review production defects and testing gaps and recommend improvements to the testing process

Skills

Test strategy

Test management

Team leadership

Test case management

Defect management

Test execution monitoring

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Test environment management

Automation oversight

Quality assurance

Reporting

Release readiness

Post-release improvement

Education

Degree in IT / Software

Job description

maestro human resource pte. ltd. in Singapore is seeking a QA/Test Lead with 3–6 years of related experience.

The role focuses on test strategy, test management, team leadership, and automation oversight to ensure quality across SIT, system, integration, regression, UAT, and performance tests. Candidates will coordinate with project managers, business analysts, developers, and stakeholders, manage defects and test data, and ensure compliance with QA standards.