Lead QA Risk & Enterprise

Experience

5-8+ years in software quality engineering, with at least 2 years in a lead/senior capacity (formal or informal team leadership)
Proven experience building or scaling test automation frameworks (web, API, and/or mobile) — WebdriverIO, Playwright, Cypress, or similar
Experience in financial services, fintech, or other regulated/high-stakes domains preferred.
Track record of driving measurable quality improvements
Experienced in handling and reading TSD for system design reviews.

Technical Skills

Strong hands-on scripting/programming ability (TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or Java)
Deep understanding of test strategy: risk-based testing, test pyramid, shift-left practices
API testing and contract testing experience
CI/CD integration experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
Familiarity with performance/load testing
Comfortable reading/reviewing code and participating in architecture discussions with engineering

Leadership & Process

Experience defining or evolving QA/QE career tracks, competency frameworks, or estimation guidelines
Ability to build and present metrics/dashboards for quality health to engineering leadership
Experience managing team
Strong stakeholder management. Able to negotiate quality gates with product/engineering without becoming a bottleneck
Jira/Confluence fluency for workflow design, reporting, and documentation

Soft Skills

Pragmatic: prioritizes team velocity and onboarding ease over theoretical framework purity
Clear written communicator (Confluence docs, exec summaries)
Comfortable pushing back on unrealistic timelines with data-backed justification

Nice to Have

Experience with AI-assisted QA/dev workflows (Claude, Copilot, etc.) and measuring their efficiency impact
Chaos engineering or resilience testing exposure
Prior experience in banking-grade systems (ledger, payments, risk platforms)

Quality Assurance Lead