SENIOR TEST LEAD - Quality Engineering

Role overview

SENIOR TEST LEAD - Quality Engineering at Happiest Minds

As a Senior QE Lead, you are a key member of cross-functional product teams, ensuring high-quality, reliable, and scalable software delivery.

You drive an automation-first quality strategy and embed continuous testing into the software development lifecycle to support continuous delivery.

Required knowledge and

Required qualifications

• 10 to 18 Years
• 10 to 18 years of experience in QA or quality engineering roles.
• Strong expertise in test automation (Playwright, Java - Selenium).
• Proven ability to design and implement automation frameworks.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Github Actions).
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills across multiple technical domains.
• Familiarity with Jira/X-Ray, Confluence Experience working in Agile product development teams.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong ownership mindset and passion for quality and continuous improvement.
• What will you bring as a colleague: A critical thinking mindset and the courage to speak your mind.
• A growth mindset and the determination to improve yourself and others.
• Great communication skills in English.
• What will you do: Own and drive product quality across the delivery lifecycle.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks.
• Implement and improve continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and execute automated functional, regression, API, and performance tests.
• Perform performance and load testing using tools such as K6, Locust, or JMeter.
• Review product backlogs and roadmaps to identify risks and prioritize QA activities.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot issues across frontend, backend, APIs, and infrastructure.
• Define and track key quality metrics (automation coverage, defect leakage).
• Coach and mentor engineers on QA best practices and automation.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership to improve quality standards.
• Contribute to innovation, tooling improvements, and hiring as required.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore
• Location: Bengaluru

Additional role details

• Job Title: Senior Test Lead Or Test Architect Work