Senior Test Lead at HCLTech in Bengaluru, Karnataka, IN

Job Summary

• Own end‑to‑end quality across Frontend, backend APIs, and system workflows
• Drive test strategy , automation architecture , release validation, risk assessment , and CI/CD quality governance
• Define release readiness criteria and Act as final quality approver for production releases
• Perform hands‑on automation using right framework
• Build reusable automation utilities, libraries, and frameworks
• Validate AI‑assisted and agent‑driven workflows, including orchestration logic, integrations, and fallback behaviour
• Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast and reliable quality feedback
• Write clean, maintainable automation code using Python or/and Java
• Perform root cause analysis for failures and escaped defects
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and SRE teams to promote quality‑by‑design
• Contribute to documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing

Key Responsibilities

1. To participate in functional as well as technical discussions with the client /team to understand functional /design specifications ,highlight performance concerns, inconsistencies ,ensure the appropriate test environments and infrastructures are in place/kept upto date.
2. To Identify opportunities for process improvement in testing methodologies /tools and Implement best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the testing process.
3. To oversee the creation and execution of automated test scripts ensuring consistency and alignment with quality standards to minimize exposure.
4. To develop/guide and mentor QA engineers in the use of the testing framework , enhancing their technical capabilities and increasing productivity.

Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in test automation or test platform engineering

• Proven experience building automation frameworks from scratch

• Hands‑on expertise with:

  • UI automation: Selenium, Playwright
  • API automation: RestAssured, Postman

• Strong understanding of test strategy, risk‑based testing, and release validation

• Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins etc.)

• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloud infrastructure

• Familiarity with cloud‑native and microservices architectures

• Experience in testing AI agents, MCP tools, prompt-driven system, autonomous systems is a strong plus

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills

• Comfortable working with global, cross‑functional teams

Other Requirements

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