Responsive - Quality Engineering Lead - Automation & Performance Testing

QE Lead Location : : Engineering

About The Role Responsive is looking for a Quality Engineering (QE) Lead to drive end-to-end quality assurance and ensure the delivery of high-quality products. You will lead the QE team, implement automation strategies, and enhance testing processes while collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Team Leadership & Strategy : Lead, mentor, and manage the QE team, setting goals and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Test Planning & Execution : Define QE strategies, oversee test case design, manage test execution (functional, regression, non-functional, exploratory), and ensure risk-based coverage.
• Automation & Performance Testing : Develop and maintain automation frameworks for functional, API, and performance testing (Playwright, Karate, JMeter). Drive test automation integration in CI/CD pipelines.
• Defect Management & Process Improvement : Oversee defect tracking, conduct root cause analysis, and enhance testing processes using best practices.
• Collaboration & Agile Practices : Work closely with product, development, and DevOps teams to establish quality goals, optimize testing strategies, and participate in Agile ceremonies.

Education What We're Looking For :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.

Experience

• 8 - 12 years of experience in software quality engineering, with 1 - 2 years of leadership experience.

Skills, Qualifications & Ability

• Strong hands-on experience in UI automation, API testing, performance testing, and quality engineering.
• Expertise in building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks.
• Proficiency with Playwright, Karate, JMeter, Postman, and similar testing tools.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience with BDD frameworks and best practices.
• Hands-on experience integrating automation with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Experience working in Agile environments and cloud-based testing.
• Familiarity with test management, reporting dashboards, and quality metrics.
• Understanding of AI concepts, AI-powered applications, AI testing, evaluation methodologies, and RAG fundamentals.
• Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Cursor AI, GitHub Copilot, or similar.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SaaS or B2B products is an added advantage.

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