Zealant Consulting Group

Responsibilities:
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<li>Lead Quality Initiatives:&nbsp;Set quality standards and best practices across UI, API, performance, and scalability testing</li>
<li>Framework Development:&nbsp;Design, build, and maintain robust test automation frameworks for UI and API testing</li>
<li>Code &amp; Architecture Reviews:&nbsp;Conduct code reviews for junior engineers, guide them in understanding the impact of code changes, and enforce scalable automation patterns</li>
<li>Shift-Left Testing:&nbsp;Drive early quality practices by embedding testing in the design and development phase; ensure automation catches bugs as early as possible</li>
<li>Performance &amp; Scalability:&nbsp;Partner with product and engineering teams to validate scalability, performance, and infrastructure-level quality</li>
<li>Micro frontend &amp; DB Expertise:&nbsp;Provide technical quality insights on microfrontend architecture and databases (MongoDB, Firebase, etc.)</li>
<li>Mentorship:&nbsp;Inspire, mentor, and guide the QA/SDET team to continuously improve their technical skills and testing mindset</li>
<li>Innovation in Testing:&nbsp;Encourage new approaches beyond traditional testing methods, focusing on efficiency, faster delivery, and minimal bug leakage</li>
<li>Cross-Team Collaboration:&nbsp;Work with developers, PMs, DevOps, and product stakeholders to ensure quality is owned across the product lifecycle</li>
<li>RCA:&nbsp;Drive RCA for all prod issues and plug the defect leakage gaps</li>
</ul>
Requirements:
<ul>
<li>7+ years of experience in software testing and automation, with at least 3+ years in a lead or senior role</li>
<li>Proven experience building and scaling automation frameworks for both UI and API</li>
<li>Strong coding skills in languages commonly used for test automation (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java)</li>
<li>Solid understanding of performance, scalability, and infrastructure testing</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with microfrontend architectures and databases like MongoDB and Firebase</li>
<li>Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring team members</li>
<li>Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation for continuous testing</li>
<li>Proven experience managing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for large-scale applications. Ability to influence product architecture and design with a quality-first mindset</li>
<li>Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team</li>
<li>Customer-first approach: ensuring quality translates to real-world reliability and user experience</li>
<li>Experience in developing tools which helped QA org to improve the productivity</li>
</ul>