Quality Assurance Lead Engineer

About the Role: Hash Agile Technologies is looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Lead QA Engineer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in functional testing, automation, and Agile methodologies, with a solid understanding of CI/CD practices. This role requires a proactive professional who can ensure product quality, optimize testing processes, and contribute to continuous delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.

Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and scripts for web and API applications.

Perform functional , performance , and security testing to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Cypress or Playwright .

Work closely with developers, business analysts, and product owners to identify and resolve issues early in the development cycle.

Perform SQL queries to validate data integrity and perform backend testing.

Integrate and execute test suites within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins .

Document test results, report defects, and ensure timely resolution.

Contribute to continuous process improvement in testing practices.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Agile environments .
• 3–4 years of experience in Functional Testing .
• Minimum 3 years of experience in SQL .
• Working knowledge of CI/CD tools, preferably Jenkins .
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Performance Testing .
• Exposure to Security Testing (added advantage).
• 1–2 years of hands-on experience in Functional Test Automation using Cypress or Playwright .

Good to Have:

Knowledge of API testing tools like Postman or RestAssured.

Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.

Understanding of cloud-based testing environments.