Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
About the Role:
Are you passionate about software quality, security, and leading high-impact teams? Join us at Black Duck, a leader in application security, where we drive intelligent, context-aware risk management solutions. We are looking for a Staff QA Engineer to guide our QA efforts, lead automation initiatives, and oversee minor QA releases for Black Duck, including the Black Duck Hub.
Job location: Black Duck, Bangalore (Prestige Blue chip Park, Near Dairy circle, Bangalore)
Work mode: Hybrid work mode - 3 days WFO
Experience: 6 – 9 Years
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the QA team in planning, designing, and executing test strategies across the development lifecycle.
- Own and drive automation efforts using Selenium, Cypress, and other modern frameworks.
- Manage minor QA releases for Black Duck and ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
- Collaborate with development, product, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless CI/CD integration.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineers.
- Lead and maintain QA efforts for the Black Duck Hub platform.
- Identify and resolve team blockers, and ensure continuous improvement in testing practices.
- Lead a small team of QA engineers, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and performance feedback.
- BE/BTech/MCA with 6+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, with at least 2 years in a lead role.
- Strong hands-on experience in test automation (Selenium, Cypress, TestNG).
- Proficiency in Java or JavaScript/TypeScript for automation scripting.
- Mandatory: Experience with Docker, AWS, and UNIX/Linux command-line tools.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), Git, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Strong experience in API testing and automation using Postman, Rest Assured/FitNesse.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Proven experience in leading a small team, including task delegation, mentoring, and team coordination.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
- Exposure to security testing or application security tools is a plus.
- Familiarity with Black Duck or similar software composition analysis tools.
Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal law. In addition, Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.
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What We Do
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck Software’s industry-leading products to secure and manage open source software, eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has offices in San Jose, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vancouver, Seoul & Beijing
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on cultivating an environment of collaboration, creativity, and fun! We know where you work can influence how you work, which is why our collaborative office space focuses on community and continuous learning. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude even got us named a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe!
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