The Role
Lead QA strategy and team for web, mobile, and API products. Own test strategy, metrics, automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, test operations, release sign-off, and mentor QA engineers while coordinating with product and development teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
QA Lead
Full-Time
Experience – 4+ years
Location: Thiruvananthapuram
The QA Lead owns the quality of our software products end to end—leading the testing organization, setting the test strategy, and championing a culture of quality across engineering. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends technical depth in test automation with people management and cross-functional influence. You will be the final quality gate before release and the person leadership turns to for an honest read on whether the product is ready to ship.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
• Define and own the overall test strategy across web, mobile, and API surfaces.
• Establish meaningful QA metrics (escape rate, coverage, cycle time) and report on them.
• Standardize and continuously improve testing processes across teams.
• Align QA objectives with product roadmaps and broader business goals.
Team Management:
• Mentor, coach, and grow a team of QA engineers across experience levels.
• Plan sprint work and assign daily testing tasks against priorities.
• Conduct performance reviews and support career development.
• Manage resource allocation and hiring for the QA function.
Test Operations:
• Design comprehensive test plans for new features and releases.
• Review test cases for coverage, accuracy, and maintainability.
• Oversee defect tracking, triage, and resolution workflows.
• Own release sign-off and the go/no-go quality decision.
Automation & Technology:
• Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks and shared libraries.
• Evaluate and introduce new testing tools and technologies.
• Optimize test integration within CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback.
• Drive down manual testing effort through smart automation.
Collaboration:
• Partner with product managers to clarify acceptance criteria early.
• Coordinate closely with developers on testability and bug fixes.
• Report quality status and risk to engineering leadership.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
Requirements
• Candidate with 4 to 7 years of experience
• Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium
• Languages: Python, Java, JavaScript, or C#
• API Testing: Postman, SoapUI, or RestAssured
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
• Test Management: Jira, TestRail, Zephyr, or Confluence
• Leadership Potential: Demonstrates initiative, ownership, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
• Good organizational skills and detail-oriented mindset.
• Immediate Joiners who can join in two weeks preferred
Skills Required
- 4 to 7 years of experience
- Experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Appium
- Proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript, or C#
- API testing with Postman, SoapUI, or RestAssured
- CI/CD experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Experience with test management tools: Jira, TestRail, Zephyr, or Confluence
- Leadership potential (initiative, ownership, ability to work independently and collaboratively)
- Excellent communication and critical thinking skills
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail
- Immediate joiners who can join in two weeks
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The Company
What We Do
Blue Ripples Technologies is a specialized software services company focused on the energy sector, providing data intelligence, protocol integration, analytics, and IoT solutions for power generation, transmission, and distribution.
