Lead QA Engineer

We are looking for a Lead QA with over 7 years of experience in driving quality engineering across fast-paced, product-led environments. This is an individual contributor (IC) heavy role (80% IC, 20% mentoring) designed for someone who’s passionate about building, scaling, and automating robust quality frameworks — not managing people, but mentoring them.

You’ll partner closely with engineering and product teams to ship fast and ship well. If you're the kind who loves automation, lives for continuous improvement, and gets excited about the future of AI in testing — this is for you.

Owns testing efforts and feature quality across projects

• Building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks for different platforms.
  
• Be the technical anchor for automation efforts; hands-on in building and maintaining frameworks with an automation-first mindset.
  
• Lead by example — spend the majority of your time hands-on with code, tools, CI/CD pipelines, and testing infra.
  
• Mentor junior QA engineers and help raise the bar across the quality team.
  
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and product managers to ensure testability and reliability are top-of-mind from day one.
  
• Bring in performance testing and observability practices to improve user experience at scale.
  
• Use AI tools and techniques to enhance testing strategies, drive efficiency, and reduce manual effort.
  
• Proactively identify test gaps, drive process improvements, and bring innovation to how we build and release software.

• 7+ years of experience in QA/SDET roles with deep exposure to product-based engineering environments.
  
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks for:
• UI testing (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress)
  
• API testing (e.g., REST Assured, Postman, Karate)
  
• Mobile testing (Appium, Detox) – if applicable
  
• Strong knowledge of QA tooling and best practices in CI/CD environments (e.g., Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Cypress, Postman, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
  
• Must have a track record of leveraging AI in testing (like self-healing scripts, AI-assisted test generation, intelligent regression selection, etc.) 

• Significant contributions in performance testing (e.g., JMeter, k6,Locust) will be an added advantage.
  
• Experience in driving automation strategy and framework design for fast-moving, lean teams.
  
• Comfortable working in distributed teams across geographies and time zones.
  
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills — someone who thinks in systems and builds from first principles.
  
• Strong communicator, mentor, and collaborator

Ability to drive quality initiatives across development teams.

Join a team of fun, passionate, and driven colleagues while enjoying these fantastic benefits:

• Remote-First Culture: Work from anywhere with a setup that suits you.
• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a great salary plus referral bonus opportunities.
• Flexible Hours: Design your own schedule for a perfect work-life balance.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Health, accident, and term life insurance for you and your family, including parents, plus unlimited telehealth consultations and mental health support for you and your loved ones.
• Home Office Setup Allowance: Create a workspace that boosts productivity and comfort.
• Learning & Development Stipend: Invest in your skills and growth with ongoing learning opportunities.
• Team Bonding: Experience in-person Sortly offsites filled with fun and collaboration.
• Career Support: Work with colleagues dedicated to your success and career growth.