Key Responsibilities
- Lead the analysis of system requirements and translate them into effective and scalable test automation strategies across projects.
- Lead the implementation of both automated and manual testing processes, with a strong emphasis on tools like Cypress, nUnit, and TestRail, ensuring test efficiency and accuracy.
- Design and architect robust test automation frameworks using Cypress that align with quality benchmarks, non-functional requirements, and system goals.
- Take ownership of overall test automation delivery during sprints, ensuring timelines, quality, and coordination with cross-functional teams.
- Ensure QA processes and deliverables adhere to industry standards, with a particular focus on compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., healthcare/PHI standards, HIPAA, etc.).
- Review and guide user journey mapping, mind maps, and process flows, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and alignment with business objectives.
- Identify gaps and ambiguities in requirements, proactively consulting with Product Owners to ensure clarity via user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Provide accurate estimations for automation efforts, collaborating with team members during sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions.
- Review and mentor team on test scripts, strategies, and practices, ensuring consistency and excellence across deliverables.
- Drive documentation best practices, ensuring key artifacts are created and maintained in tools like Jira, Confluence, or other repositories.
- Ensure generation and analysis of automated quality reports, interpreting key metrics and sharing actionable insights with stakeholders.
- Define structured debugging and triage processes to expedite root cause identification and resolution.
- Establish and maintain User Acceptance Criteria, including support for Gherkin syntax where applicable.
- Coordinate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Delivery Managers to provide daily updates and maintain transparency of QA progress via Jira and Teams.
- Collaborate with HR and senior management to share insights on team performance, culture enhancement, and skill development opportunities.
Key Skills
- Good knowledge of Cypress Stack across a multi-browser testing environment
- Experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Can work with Zephyr and JIRA
- Experience in designing and running appropriate load tests (Locust / JMeter)
- Good to have knowledge of Security Testing
- Exposure to Test Driven Development and BDD
- Hands-on with Git, Bitbucket, or similar source code repositories.
- Good understanding of test automation and CI/CD tools.
- Agile estimation techniques and project planning.
- Knowledge of info-security principles at the code level.
- Understanding of performance implications of code and how to optimize it.
Education and Experience
- B Tech or B. E. 1st Class from top 100 institutes in India
- 8+ Years of total experience or minimum 5 years in a technical leadership or similar role.
Analytical and Personal skills
- Must have good logical reasoning and analytical skills
- Ability to break big goals to small incremental actions
- Excellent Communication skills in English – both written and verbal
- Demonstrate Ownership and Accountability of their work
- Great attention to details
- Ability to lead a team is a bonus
- Positive and Cheerful outlook in life
