QA Manager – Bengaluru

JOB DESCRIPTION-

Job Title: QA Manager
Location: Bangalore
Work Mode: Onsite (5 days a week)

Important Note:

• Candidate must be based in Bangalore
• Interview process will be strictly face-to-face (F2F)

About You:

• 8–12 years of experience in software quality engineering, with at least 3 years in aQA leadership or management role.

• Deep expertise in test automation – hands-on experience building and maintaining automation frameworks using tools like Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or similar.

• Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or similar languages for writing test scripts, utilities, and custom tooling.

• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) and how to integrate automated testing seamlessly.

• Experience with API testing tools and frameworks.

• Proven ability to build quality processes from scratch in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

• Excellent understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and DevOps practices.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills – you can translate quality metrics into business impact.

• A product mindset – you care about the user experience, not just the test results.

Bonus:

• Experience with Electron-based applications or desktop software testing.

• Familiarity with open-source projects and community-driven development workflows.

• Hands-on experience with performance testing tools (k6, Locust, JMeter).

• Experience testing developer tools, API clients, CLI tools, or similar developer-first products.

• Exposure to AI-assisted testing tools or building test automation with GenAI capabilities.

• Contributions to QA communities, blogs, or open-source testing frameworks.

 

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end quality strategy from test planning and automation architecture to release readiness and production monitoring.

• Design, build, and scale robust test automation frameworks across UI, API, integration, and performance testing layers.

• Define and enforce quality gates across the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring automated checks are embedded in every stage of delivery.

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, fostering a culture of automation-first thinking, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.

• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and design teams to shift quality left – catching issues early through better specs, reviews, and testing strategies.

• Establish and track quality KPIs (defect escape rate, test coverage, automation ROI, MTTR) and report on quality health to leadership.

• Drive performance and load testing initiatives to ensure scales reliably as the user base grows.

• Champion best practices in test data management, environment management, and test infrastructure.

• Evaluate and introduce modern QA tools and technologies that align open-source, developer-first ethos.

• Participate in incident reviews and root cause analysis, feeding learnings back into prevention-focused testing strategies.