
Lead QA Engineer
PlaySimple Games • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Role & seniority
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Lead / Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
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Senior/lead individual with team leadership & people management responsibilities
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Stack / tools
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Test automation frameworks and QA tooling
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AI-assisted testing tools/workflows (evaluate/integrate)
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QA metrics/dashboarding (leadership reporting)
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Agile delivery practices; release governance mechanisms
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Top 3 responsibilities
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Define and drive overall QA strategy, roadmap, and quality vision across multiple teams/products
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Establish quality standards, testing processes, and release governance (risk-based)
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Lead automation/AI-driven quality initiatives and build/mentor QA teams (planning, hiring support, development)
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Must-have skills
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10+ years QA experience; proven track record leading, mentoring, and developing QA engineers
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Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, QA principles, release management, and Agile cross-functional delivery
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People management: performance management, coaching, career growth, building high-performing teams
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Risk-based quality decision-making balancing standards vs delivery timelines
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Stakeholder management using data/metrics; capacity planning and QA scaling across teams
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Experience implementing automation frameworks and evaluating AI-assisted testing
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Nice-to-haves
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Deep exposure to emerging AI testing capabilities
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Experience defini
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Full Description
Job Description
- As a Lead Quality Assurance Engineer, you will define the quality vision, strategy, and roadmap across teams. You will lead large-scale quality initiatives including the integration of AI-driven testing and automation capabilities mentor engineers, and ensure that quality remains a core engineering principle across the organization.
What’s required of you ● 10+ years of software quality assurance experience, with a proven track record of leading, mentoring, and developing QA teams. ● Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, QA principles, release management, and cross-functional delivery in Agile environments.
● Demonstrated experience in people management, including performance management, coaching team members, supporting career growth, and building high-performing QA organizations.
● Pragmatic decision-making ability to balance high-quality standards, business priorities, and delivery timelines while making informed, risk-based decisions.
● Experience driving test automation, QA tooling, and innovation, including evaluating and integrating AI-assisted testing practices to improve team velocity and efficiency.
● Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the proven ability to influence cross-functional decisions through data, metrics, and clear quality insights.
● Proven experience in QA planning, resource allocation, and capacity management, with a track record of scaling quality frameworks across multiple teams.
What we are looking for ● Define and drive the overall QA strategy, roadmap, and quality vision across multiple teams and products. ● Own QA planning, including sprint POC allocation, workload balancing, and capacity management. ● Establish quality standards, testing processes, and release-governance mechanisms across teams. ● Drive quality metrics, dashboards, trend analysis, and leadership-level reporting. ● Lead initiatives around automation frameworks, QA tooling, productivity improvements, and AI adoption. ● Build, mentor, and develop high-performing QA teams through coaching, feedback, and succession planning. ● Define hiring frameworks, participate in interviews, and establish onboarding and capability-development programs. ● Partner with engineering, product, and business teams to improve delivery, quality, and operational excellence. AI Skills ● Deep understanding of emerging AI capabilities in software testing.
● Experience defining AI-driven quality strategies. ● Ability to evaluate new tools, workflows, and industry practices. ● Passion for continuously evolving the QA function through innovation.