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Company Description

Nagarro helps future-proof your business through a forward-thinking, fluidic, and CARING mindset. We excel at digital engineering and help our clients become human-centric, digital-first organizations, augmenting their ability to be responsive, efficient, intimate, creative, and sustainable. Today, we are nearly 18,300 experts across 37 countries, forming a Nation of Nagarrians, ready to help our customers succeed.

Job Description

As a Senior QA & Test Automation Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and advancing our customers’ quality assurance and test automation landscapes, as well as Nagarro’s services and accelerators in this area.

You will combine hands-on technical expertise with strategic consulting, RfPs & pre-sales presentations & discussions with customers, and leadership and mentoring responsibilities, working closely with customers and distributed teams.

Your responsibilities include

Leading and mentoring automation and QA teams, both on-site and in geographically distributed environments Consulting customers on test strategies, automation approaches, processes, and best practices to improve overall QA and QA automation maturity Applying AI-assisted approaches across the entire Test Life Cycle (TLC) to drive efficiency, quality, and maintainability Supporting pre-sales activities with QA & automation expertise, including customer presentations, solution design, and relationship building Creating test concepts and test automation concepts, estimating test efforts, planning and tracking test & automation activities, and evaluating test results and KPIs Ensuring high-quality, maintainable, and scalable automation solutions Architecting, designing, implementing, and evolving test automation frameworks and strategies for web, mobile, API, and desktop applications Staying up to date with emerging test automation tools, technologies, and industry trends Collaborating closely with cross-functional Agile teams to align test automation with sprint goals and delivery timelines Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in testing processes and automation practices Designing and delivering trainings and knowledge transfer on QA and test automation topics

Qualifications

10+ years of hands-on consulting experience in client projects covering end-to-end test automation, including several years in a senior, lead, or architect role Experience in pre-sales discussions with clients and RfPs Several years of consulting experience in QA services at an IT service provider is required Strong experience in test management, test strategies, test planning, control, KPIs, and risk management Strong knowledge of software development processes and Agile methodologies Hands-on experience in two or more programming languages, such as Java, C#, Python, Typescript/JavaScript, or similar Hands-on experience in two or more languages such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, or similar Proven experience with a broad range of test automation and test management tools (eg TestRail, Zephyr, Xray) including: Playwright and other tools for Web & mobile (eg Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Detox), API (eg Rest Assured, Postman), BDD (eg Cucumber, SpecFlow), L&P (eg k6, JMeter), low-/no-code (eg Tosca, UIPath) and desktop UI (UIPath, Tosca, UFT, TestComplete) Experience in applying AI-assisted tools across the test lifecycle (TLC), for example for test design & automation using tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Testim, Mabl is required. Experience with modern development and DevOps tooling to integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines, including GitHub, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and Docker for containerized test execution. Experience in leading & mentoring teams Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a hands-on mindset Strong team-oriented, CARING mindset combined with flexibility, adaptability, a high sense of ownership, self-motivation, a continuous learning attitude, and the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at customers and within Nagarro Business fluent in German and English