Lead I - Software Testing

Experience Range

5 - 6 Years

Hiring Location

[Specify Location]

Testing Expertise

• Manual Testing
• Functional Testing
• Integration Testing
• Regression Testing
• End-to-End (E2E) Testing
• System Testing
• Defect Management

API Testing

• Postman
• REST API Testing
• API Validation
• Complex Transaction Workflow Testing

Database Testing

• SQL Query Writing (Medium to Complex Queries)
• Stored Procedures Testing
• Database Validation
• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) / Oracle SQL Developer

Automation Testing

• Katalon Studio (Mandatory)
• Playwright (Mandatory)
• Functional Automation Testing
• Automation Framework Maintenance

Tools & Process

• JIRA
• Confluence
• Zephyr (or equivalent Test Management Tool)
• Agile/Scrum Methodology

Leadership & Coordination

• Test Strategy Preparation
• Test Planning & Estimation
• Test Case Design & Review
• Team Mentoring
• Technical Troubleshooting
• Risk Identification & Mitigation
• Onsite-Offshore Coordination

• Selenium
• JMeter
• CI/CD Pipeline Integration
• Automation Framework Design
• Performance Testing

Preferred Domain Experience

• Payment Processing
• Payment Gateways
• Card Transactions
• Financial Reconciliation
• Settlement Systems
• Banking & Financial Services
• High-Volume Transaction Systems

• Lead and execute end-to-end testing activities across applications.
• Analyze business requirements and prepare test strategies, plans, estimates, and test cases.
• Execute Functional, Integration, System, Regression, E2E, API, and Automation testing.
• Create and maintain automation scripts using Katalon and Playwright.
• Perform database validation using SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Validate complex transaction processing workflows.
• Manage defects through closure and perform root cause analysis.
• Review test artifacts and mentor junior QA team members.
• Remove technical blockers and provide testing guidance.
• Coordinate testing efforts between onsite and offshore teams.
• Drive quality assurance best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with business, development, and product teams in an Agile environment.