Johnson Controls

QA Lead

Pune-Maharashtra-India Full time

Position Title: QA Lead

Location: Pune

Experience: 9+ Years

What You Will Do

  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the QA automation team
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks
  • Lead the implementation of best practices for quality assurance and automation
  • Collaborate with development, DevOps, and release teams for seamless delivery
  • Create, review, and optimize test cases for functional, regression, integration, and system testing
  • Drive improvements in test coverage and QA workflows
  • Monitor build pipelines and ensure quality standards for deployments and releases
  • Report on QA activities, issues, and recommendations
  • Conduct and automate API testing using Postman or equivalent tools
  • Execute bulk testing and load testing using JMeter or other frameworks
  • Perform database validation using SQL queries, including complex joins.

How You Will Do It

  • - Apply technical expertise to guide and support QA team members
  • - Utilize automation tools and frameworks (Jest, Puppeteer, Selenium (.NET/Java)) to implement comprehensive test suites
  • - Develop automation frameworks with a good understanding of design patterns and scalable architecture
  • - Collaborate cross-functionally for continuous integration, deployment, and release processes
  • - Communicate effectively with stakeholders and team members
  • - Use API testing tools for automation and validation (Postman)
  • - Prepare and run performance/load tests for bulk operation validation
  • - Conduct thorough database testing through SQL queries and joins
  • - Leverage understanding of QA processes and pipelines to optimize testing workflows

Required

  • - Solid experience in software quality assurance, automation, and technical leadership
  • - Expertise with automation tools:
  •     - **Preferably Jest and Puppeteer**
  •     - Otherwise, **Selenium with .NET**
  •     - Otherwise, **Selenium with Java**
  • - Comfortable with API testing using Postman or similar tools
  • - Proficient in SQL queries and joins for database validation
  • - Hands-on experience with bulk/performance/load testing using JMeter or equivalent tools
  • - Strong design skills for framework and test suite architecture
  • - Good understanding of GraphQL (able to write queries and mutations)
  • - Well-versed in overall QA lifecycle, best practices, CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and releases
  • - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; proven team player
  • - Analytical and detailed approach to problem-solving
  • - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • - 9+ years of professional QA and test automation experience
  • - Prior experience leading teams and QA projects

Nice to Have

  • - Experience testing modern web applications, APIs, and microservices
  • - Familiarity with containerization and cloud environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS)
  • - Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies

What We Offer

- Opportunity to lead and shape a modern QA practice

- Collaborative environment with talented teams

- Competitive compensation and benefits

- Growth and learning opportunities

*If you are a passionate QA professional with strong automation skills and a talent for technical leadership, we’d love to hear from you!*


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