Job Overview:

The QA Team Lead is responsible for leading the QA team to ensure that all products meet the highest standards of quality. The role involves designing and implementing test strategies, overseeing the testing process, and ensuring continuous improvement in QA processes. The QA Lead will also collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure that quality is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA engineers.

• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases.

• Oversee the execution of manual and automated testing.

• Identify, track, and report on defects and bugs using tracking tools like JIRA, Bugzilla, or others.

• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth integration of testing within the development process.

• Conduct performance and stress testing for applications. • Ensure timely delivery of quality releases by monitoring the testing progress.

• Drive the adoption of QA automation and identify areas for process improvement.

• Act as the main point of contact for all QA activities in the project.

• Maintain testing documentation and ensure it is kept up to date.

• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.

• Define key metrics to measure the quality of the product.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance with at least 1 year in a team lead or management role.

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.

• Hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing (using tools like Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or similar).

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Experience in performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience working with tools like Jenkins, Git, or Docker