QA Lead

• Minimum 5+ years of QA/Quality Engineering experience, with meaningful experience as a QA Lead, Senior QA Engineer, or Test Manager.
• Hands-on testing expertise in E2E, regression, exploratory, and API testing across web applications, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong SQL skills: You use SQL for defect investigation, data validation, and production analysis—not just basic queries.
• Production release experience: You have made go/no-go decisions under pressure and owned those decisions.
• Tool proficiency: Postman, Swagger, mock tools, and test management systems (TestRail, Jira, etc.).
• Agile & CI/CD: Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies, sprint cycles, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Post-production monitoring: You validate quality after features go live and know how to identify issues using production data.

AI & Automation

• Daily AI tool usage: You use AI to accelerate test design, scenario generation, and regression scoping. You have sound judgment on when AI-generated coverage is sufficient and when it requires human review.
• AI-assisted workflow building: You have built repeatable QA workflows and automations using AI—not just one-off prompts.

Communication & Leadership

• Clear communication in English: You communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, both locally and globally.
• Business acumen: You communicate in terms of risk and business impact, not just test metrics.
• Collaboration: You work effectively across teams and influence without formal authority.

Nice to Have

• Automation framework experience (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)
• Cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• MongoDB and RabbitMQ / Kafka experience
• Fintech, payments, or regulated environment experience
• Understanding of Indian regulatory requirements (RBI, FEMA, GST implications for fintech)
• Multi-region product deployment experience
  • Certifications (ISTQB, QAI) — valued but not require