QA Lead- Automation Testing
ElevenX Capital Gurgaon, Haryana, India
IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees
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About the role
The QA Lead will define and implement comprehensive QA strategies, automation frameworks, and quality standards while managing and mentoring the QA team. They will also drive the adoption of AI-based testing practices and ensure high-quality releases through collaboration with cross-functional teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have 8+ years of experience in software testing with strong hands-on expertise in automation tools and programming languages like Java or Python. Proven leadership skills and a deep understanding of Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and modern testing frameworks are essential.
Full description
We are looking for an experienced QA Lead with 8+ years of experience in software testing, strong hands on expertise in test automation, and proven experience in leading QA teams. The candidate will be responsible for driving QA strategy, automation, team management, quality processes, and adoption of AI/ Agentic AI-based testing
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage the QA team; handle work allocation, task tracking, performance, and
technical reviews.
• Define and implement QA strategy, test plans, automation strategy, and quality standards. Design, develop, and maintain scalable UI, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end automation frameworks.
- Conduct automation code reviews and ensure coding, testing, and documentation standards.
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and establish automated quality gates. Drive shift-left testing, continuous testing, and automation-first QA practices.
• Introduce and implement AI/Agentic AI-powered testing, including AI-based test-case generation, test execution, failure analysis, test-data generation, and automation maintenance.
- Monitor QA metrics including automation coverage, defect leakage, regression stability, and release
quality. Work closely with Development, Product, DevOps, and Business teams to ensure high-quality releases.
- Perform root-cause analysis of critical defects and drive preventive actions.
Evaluate and introduce new testing tools and technologies to improve productivity and quality
Requirements
Required Skills
• 8+ years of QA/testing experience, including significant hands-on automation experience.
- Strong expertise in tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, or equivalent.
- Strong programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar.
Experience with API automation, UI automation, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, etc.
- Experience with TestNG, JUnit, PyTest, Cucumber, or equivalent frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC, STLC, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Proven experience in QA team leadership, task allocation, mentoring, and code/test reviews.
- Good knowledge of SQL/database testing.
Strong analytical, debugging, communication, and problem-solving skills
Benefits
Good to Have
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI testing tools, or Agentic AI frameworks.
- Experience implementing AI-driven/self-healing test automation.
• Performance testing experience using JMeter or similar tools. Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker/Kubernetes, Microservices, and APIs. Experience testing enterprise SaaS/ERP applications.
• Ideal Candidate A hands-on technical QA leader who can balance team leadership with automation development, drive continuous improvement, and build a modern AI-enabled Quality Engineering practice
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