Principal QA Engineer

• Manage and lead a team of test engineers and test leads, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.
• Drive the adoption of new testing tools, methodologies, and technologies to improve testing efficiency and product quality.
• Define and implement comprehensive test strategies aligned with project goals and timelines.
• Defining and publishing quality metrics across various stakeholders as well as the entire team
• Advocate for continuous improvement in test processes, methodologies, and tools.
• Develop detailed test plans and test cases and implement tests that cover the functional and non-functional requirements of the system.
• Sets up test environments, initial designs test plans, develops test cases/scenarios/usage cases, and executes these cases.
• Plans & initiates non-functional aspects of testing like performance testing.
• Implement and oversee the test process, ensuring thorough documentation of test results.
• Conduct test automation, including the creation and maintenance of automated test framework.
• Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, providing detailed reports on QA activities and project status.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to resolve issues and improve the overall quality of the product.
• Conduct Audit of code repositories and documentation.
• Participates in communication with other departments to coordinate test and implementation activities.

Must Have:

• Minimum 10 to 14 years of experience
• Proven experience in managing, leading and mentoring a team of test engineers as well as team leads.
• Developing test plans, implementing test processes, recording results, and publishing to stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in defining test strategy, establishing optimal test patterns, implementing key quality metrics and reporting and publishing those metrics across various stakeholders.
• Knowledge of core testing concepts like Shift-Left strategy, Test Pyramid, TDD/BDD etc.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience of improving quality in a product and understanding the quality needs of key stakeholders.
• Identifies potential process improvement areas, suggests options, and recommends approaches.
• Strong expertise in full SDLC, including test standards, code reviews, test data management, test methods and test techniques.
• Strong Experience with automation tools such as Selenium or Playwright.
• Strong Experience with automation framework like Codecept.js or Serenity BDD or Cucumber.
• Experience on non-functional tests like performance/load/volume testing by using tools like JMeter.
• Hands-on experience in interacting and working with both technical and non-technical peers like Product owners, Business Analysts, Engineering Leads etc.
• Participates in architecture for new projects.
• Strong communication skills (Written/verbal) and ability to help resolve problems for your team.