Associate Saff Engineer

Technical Skills:

• Expert-level experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Katalon, and Robot Framework
• Experience working with CI/CD tools like GitHub, Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.
• Familiarity with cloud environments and containerization tools.
• Hands-on experience with performance testing and Security testing.
• Extensive experience with unit testing frameworks, load testing tools, API testing tools, and continuous integration tools.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Java, with a focus on automation script development.
• Passionate about web accessibility & security, with knowledge of the latest WCAG 2.1 AA+ guidelines & standards, ensuring these aspects are automated in testing processes

Quality Assurance Skills:

• Define and enforce QA best practices, standards, and guidelines for the entire QA team.
• Oversee the planning and execution of both functional and non-functional testing, including performance, security, and usability.
• Ensure high levels of test coverage & defect-free releases across different product modules.
• Drive the adoption of test automation across all testing phases and encourage the reduction of manual testing efforts where possible.
• Analyze test results & provide clear and actionable feedback to the development team.
• Conduct rigorous QA testing of user-focused web & responsive web applications, as well as the backend systems, CMS & infrastructure that support these experiences.
• Lead root cause analysis for test failures and ensure defects are appropriately tracked and resolved.
• Advocate for clean code, testing, process refinements, & continuous improvements

People Management Skills:

• Proven experience managing and mentoring QA teams, with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously while ensuring quality standards are met.
• Strong leadership and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments and teams.
• Experience in building and designing automated test cases, with strong creative problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills

Experience:

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in Quality Assurance, with at least 8 years focusing on test automation and people management.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, tools, and industry best practices.
• Experience with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and related tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.).
• Solid understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) and STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle).
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., ISTQB, Certified ScrumMaster, etc.) are a plus.

0 to 30 days joiners

This role is just above Lead level, IC role.

Exp: 8 to 12 yrs