**Role & seniority: ** Product QA Lead; 7–10 years experience. Full-time.

**Location & work type: ** Pune, India; onsite or location-specific full-time (not otherwise specified).

**Stack/tools (explicit + implied): **

Automation testing frameworks (not named)
CI/CD pipelines (integration required)
Test/quality metrics and reporting (e.g., defect leakage, coverage, resolution time)

**Top 3 responsibilities: **

End-to-end quality ownership: From requirements and code commits through testing, release, and production.
Build scalable QA automation + integrate into CI/CD: Develop and maintain automation frameworks.
Quality gates & release decisions: Define release criteria, assess risk, and recommend/stop releases; drive data-driven quality.

**Must-have skills: **

Strategic automation architecture with CI/CD integration.
Authority to push back and halt releases when quality is insufficient.
Systems thinking covering performance, security, integrations, edge cases, reliability, and UX.
Data-driven decision-making using quality metrics.
Team leadership/mentorship; building an automation-focused QA culture and upskilling teams.

**Nice-to-haves: **

Not explicitly stated (role emphasizes automation culture, quality advocacy, and broad system coverage).

Full Description

Location: Pune, India

Experience Level: 7 - 10 Years

Role Type: Full-time

About The Role

We are looking for a Product QA Lead who will take complete ownership of the product's

quality, from the initial requirement and code commit all the way through release and

production.

This is not just a testing role. We are looking for someone who can act as a technical QA

architect, quality decision-maker, process owner, and people leader. You will be

responsible for building a strong quality culture across the organization and ensuring that quality

is considered at every stage of product development.

Responsibilities

End-to-End Quality Ownership - Own product quality across requirements,

development, testing, release, and production.

Scalable Automation - Build and maintain robust automation frameworks and integrate

them into CI/CD pipelines.

Quality Gates & Release Decisions - Define release criteria, assess risks, and

confidently recommend or stop releases based on quality.

Data-Driven Quality - Track metrics such as defect leakage, test coverage, automation

coverage, resolution time, and production issues.

Systems Thinking - Look beyond functional testing and cover performance, security,

integrations, edge cases, reliability, and UX.

Team Leadership & Mentorship - Lead, mentor, and upskill QA engineers while

building a strong automation-focused QA team.

Quality Advocacy - Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams, challenge quality

risks, and make quality a shared responsibility.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Here are the 5 non-negotiable skills we are looking for

Strategic Automation & CI/CD Expertise: You know how to architect scalable

automated testing frameworks and bake them directly into the deployment pipeline.

The Authority to Push Back: You have the diplomatic tact to hold engineering and

product teams accountable, and the confidence to halt a release if it isn't ready.

Systems Thinking: You don't just hunt for broken buttons. You look at the whole

picture—performance under load, security, edge cases, and user experience.

Data-Driven Decision Making: You rely on concrete metrics (defect leakage, test

coverage, time-to-resolution) over "gut feelings" to prove product health.

Team Leadership & Mentorship: You have a proven track record of upskilling

engineers, transitioning manual testers to automation, and building high-performing QA

squads.

Qualification

Bachelors or master's degree in computer science, information technology or a

related field