QA Lead

Job description

QA & Test Engineering Lead (SaaS, API-First, Automation-Driven) Experience: 10 + Years (Mandatory) Location : Bengaluru Role Overview • This role is strictly for candidates in the 10+ years experience band. • We are looking for a highly experienced QA & Test Engineering Lead to own quality strategy and execution for a cloud-native, headless, API-first SaaS product. • This role carries end-to-end responsibility for test strategy definition, automation architecture, and release quality governance, ensuring every release meets high quality, reliability, and scalability standards. Key Responsibilities • Define and own overall quality and test strategy for a multi-tenant SaaS platform. • Establish quality benchmarks, coverage standards, and release readiness criteria. • Act as the final quality authority for customer-facing releases. • Architect and maintain scalable automation frameworks. • Ensure automation is embedded into CI/CD pipelines. • Collaborate closely with Full Stack and Cloud & DevOps Engineers. • Mentor and guide QA/Test Engineers. Required Experience • Total experience: 1012 years in QA/Test/Quality Engineering roles. • Proven leadership of test strategy and automation for SaaS platforms. • Hands-on ownership of automation frameworks and release quality. • Candidates outside the 10–12 years band may not be considered. Technical Skills Test Automation: API Testing: REST Assured, Postman, Karate UI / E2E Testing: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium Test Frameworks: JUnit, TestNG, pytest SaaS & API-First: Microservices and distributed systems testing Contract testing, schema validation, API versioning Cloud & DevOps: CI/CD integration AWS-based test environments Docker-based test execution Nice to Have B2B or enterprise SaaS testing experience Performance testing tools (k6, JMeter, Gatling) Security testing awareness (OWASP) Agile/Scrum experience Soft Skills Strong leadership and ownership mindset Ability to influence senior stakeholders Excellent communication and documentation skills Data-driven and system-thinking approach