Location: Mumbai
Experience: 3 – 6 Years
Notice Period: Immediate to 15 Days
Overview
We are looking for a Katalon Studio Lead to join our dynamic Quality Assurance team and take ownership of automation testing efforts that ensure the performance, reliability, and scalability of our lending and Salesforce-integrated platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines strong technical acumen with mentoring capabilities and cross-functional collaboration.
As a QA Automation Lead, you’ll be instrumental in enhancing our testing strategy, driving automation initiatives, and guiding junior testers to maintain a high standard of software quality throughout the development lifecycle. You’ll contribute directly to the success of our digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute automation test cases for UI and API using Katalon Studio.
- Lead automation strategy and drive best practices for test design, test coverage, and execution.
- Work closely with product managers, developers, and QA team members to understand business requirements and translate them into test plans.
- Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing.
- Maintain, review, and improve existing test scripts to ensure ongoing accuracy and efficiency.
- Mentor and guide junior QA team members in automation best practices and tool usage.
- Ensure quality standards and compliance are met in both manual and automated test environments.
- Participate in defect triaging, test result analysis, and reporting.
- Contribute to test documentation including test cases, plans, and execution reports.
- Support regression testing and release validation efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3–6 years of hands-on experience in automation testing, with at least 1+ year in Katalon Studio.
- Solid understanding of UI and API testing methodologies.
- Experience working with REST/SOAP web services testing.
- Familiarity with version control systems like Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with test management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, or Zephyr.
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- ISTQB or other testing certifications are a plus.
Key Skills Summary
- Katalon Studio Test Automation
- UI and API Testing (REST/SOAP)
- CI/CD Integration (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
- Git Version Control
- Test Management Tools (JIRA, Zephyr)
- Agile/Scrum Practices
- Mentorship and Team Leadership
- Troubleshooting and Debugging
