Role & seniority: QA Lead / Senior QA Tester (5+ years, at least 2 in lead role)

Stack/tools: Selenium (automation), JMeter (performance), Postman/Rest Assured (API), Java or Python, Cucumber/SpecFlow (BDD), AWS/Azure, Docker, Git, Agile methodologies

Top 3 responsibilities

Lead test planning, strategy, and direction; define test objectives, environments, cases, and data; drive process adherence and continuous improvement
Manage SLA reporting and defect lifecycle (JIRA), including severity tiers and timely resolution; collaborate with Dev and stakeholders
Develop and maintain automated test scripts and performance tests; execute tests (manual + automated), analyze results, manage test data, and report findings

Must-have skills

5+ years QA experience; 2+ years in a senior/lead role
Proficiency with Selenium-based automation and JMeter
Strong programming/scripting (Java or Python)
Experience with API testing (Postman, Rest Assured), BDD (Cucumber/SpecFlow)
Cloud exposure (AWS/Azure), containerization (Docker), version control (Git)
Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration; Agile familiarity

Nice-to-haves

ISTQB or similar QA certification
Experience with performance testing design/reports; test data management; CI/CD integration
Additional cloud/DevOps tooling beyond basics
Location & work type: Location and work type not specified; no details provided.

Full Description

Responsibilities

Test Planning and Strategy

Guide and lead QA testers, providing testing directions, support and reviewing automated test scripts.
Oversee testing activities, ensuring adherence to defined processes, metrics and quality standards, and foster continuous improvement within the team.
Collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements and create test plans.
Define test strategies and scope, including test objectives, test environments, test cases, and test data.

SLA Management & Reporting

Configure and maintain JIRA dashboards and reports to monitor SLA compliance and drive timely resolution.
Define defect severity categories (Critical/High/Medium/Low) with associated response and resolution SLAs.
Configure and maintain JIRA dashboards and reports to monitor SLA compliance and drive timely resolution.

Test Automation

Develop, maintain, and enhance automated test scripts using Selenium framework.
Implement test scripts for various types of testing for web applications (e.g., functional, regression, performance, smoke).
Automate the deployment of test environments as needed.

Test Execution

Execute automated and manual test scripts, analyze test results, and categorize and report defects.
Monitor and manage test environments and configurations.
Execute API testing using various tools (Postman, Rest assured, etc.)

Test Data Management

Create and maintain test data sets required for automated and manual testing.
Ensure data consistency and data isolation in test environments.

Defect Management

Identify, report, and track defects using issue tracking systems (e.g., JIRA).
Work closely with the development team to prioritize and resolve defects.

Documentation

Document test plan, test strategy, test cases, test scripts, and test results.
Document Performance Test Plan/Strategy.
Maintain comprehensive documentation of testing processes and procedures.

Collaboration and Communication

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and quality assurance teams.
Communicate test progress, results, and issues to relevant stakeholders.

Performance Testing

Design and review testcases together with Performance testers.

Quality Assurance Automation Lead