Quality Engineering Lead

Qualifications :

BE, BTech, MCA, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field with 6+ years of experience and knowledge of Agile methodologies (solid understanding of processes and channels).

Technical Skills :

Broad technology understanding across all layers including automation, SQL, APIs, services, databases, and network.

Core Experience :

Strong hands-on non-testing experience across multiple dimensions, including :

- Performance & load testing (load/stress/soak, capacity, latency/throughput, scalability, bottleneck analysis)

- Resilience & availability testing (failure scenarios, timeouts, retries, fault-injection approaches)

- Security testing, usability & accessibility quality checks (basic WCAG understanding, accessibility tree awareness, user-flow quality)

- Operability & observability fitness (logging/metrics/tracing requirements, alerting fitness, basic SLI/SLO understanding)

Automation Capability :

- Java or TypeScript (Python optional) for utilities, checks, and harnesses.

- Test as Code : versioned, reproducible NFR checks and assets.

- CI/CD experience integrating NFR checks into pipelines (thresholds, gates, trends).

Analytical & Process Skills :

- Requirements analysis : measurable criteria, test design, measurement points, evidence, and traceability.

- Root cause analysis for failures using logs/metrics/traces and code-level reasoning.

- Test definition/execution and evidence linking for validation.

- Monitoring & observability : Accessibility tooling (axe, Lighthouse) and screen reader basics.

- Regulatory/standards awareness principles (auditability, resilience, evidence).

- Test data management knowledge (anonymized/synthetic, environment constraints).