Test Lead

About the Role:

We are looking for a Test Lead with strong technical testing expertise, hands-on automation and performance experience, and the ability to guide a small-to-medium QA team. You’ll be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing testing activities while remaining actively involved in automation and performance testing tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day testing activities across one or more projects.

• Define and maintain test plans, test cases, and test data aligned with business requirements.

• Remain hands-on in automation testing — building, enhancing, and executing test scripts using tools like Selenium, or Playwright.

• Design and run performance tests with JMeter, or similar tools, and work with developers to tune performance issues.

• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners within Agile/Scrum teams.

• Ensure timely defect reporting, tracking, and closure.

• Support CI/CD integration for automated test execution (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).

• Provide technical guidance to team members, perform code reviews for test scripts, and share best practices.

• Contribute to test environment setup and test data management.

• Track and communicate test progress, risks, and issues to the project manager or QA manager.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 9+ years of overall software testing experience with strong hands-on involvement.

• ISTQB Certified Tester (Advanced Level preferred).

• Proven experience with automation tools/frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit).

• Solid experience in performance testing (JMeter, or equivalent).

• Good understanding of API testing (Postman, Rest Assured, etc.).

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, SDLC, and Agile testing practices.

• Experience with defect and test management tools (JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail).

• Working knowledge of SQL for backend validation.

• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.