Lead QA Engineer

Overview

Lead QA Engineer who acts as the technical authority on complex accounts, owning test strategy and automation architecture and leading QA technically through hands-on work and mentorship.

What you'll do

• Be the technical lead for QA on complex engagements, owning test strategy and the automation approach
• Architect, build, and evolve automation frameworks that others can rely on and contribute to
• Own and solve the hard technical problems: test architecture, flaky tests, CI/CD integration, environment issues
• Set the technical direction for QA on your accounts, including tooling, approach, and structure
• Drive shift-left practices, embedding quality into requirements, design, and development
• Design and execute test strategies across UI, functional, integration, API, accessibility and regression testing
• Mentor and elevate QA engineers through hands-on collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Innovate with AI, using modern tools to work smarter and exploring what's next for QA
• Communicate technical recommendations and trade-offs to clients and internal teams
• Participate in client-facing forums, including demos, triage, release calls, and technical discussions
• Contribute to a specialism and share knowledge across the wider QA community

What you'll need

• A clear track record in automation architecture and technical problem-solving
• Solid experience testing in complex, transactional environments
• Proficient in Playwright and TypeScript
• Experience designing frameworks from scratch, not just writing tests but building the foundations
• Comfortable working across the full stack: web apps, native apps, APIs, backends, logs, data
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) and associated best practices
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and how testing fits into modern delivery
• Experience working within agile scrum environments on complex, multi-stream deliveries
• Confident communicating technical concepts to clients, developers, and stakeholders
• A genuine continuous learner who is curious, experimental, and always evolving
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused, but motivated by a good technical challenge

Nice to have

• Experience building AI-powered testing capabilities
• A QA specialism you're passionate about
• Experience working across distributed teams
• Contributions to tooling, frameworks, or knowledge sharing beyond your immediate team

Details

• Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India
• Hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week