{"id":1268984,"url":"https://alion.io/job/zymr-lead-quality-engineer","title":"Lead Quality Engineer","company":{"id":2403234,"name":"Zymr","domain":"zymr.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/zymr","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Keka","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Ahmedabad, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Cypress","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"Gatling","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub Actions","optional":false},{"name":"GitLab CI","optional":false},{"name":"Grafana","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":false},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":false},{"name":"k6","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Locust","optional":false},{"name":"OpenSearch","optional":false},{"name":"Pact","optional":false},{"name":"Playwright","optional":false},{"name":"Postman","optional":false},{"name":"Prometheus","optional":false},{"name":"Pytest","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":false},{"name":"Rest-Assured","optional":false},{"name":"Shift-Left","optional":false},{"name":"Shift-Left Security","optional":false},{"name":"Apache Kafka","optional":true},{"name":"LLM","optional":true},{"name":"OWASP","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T10:20:55Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T10:01:15Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead SDET - Quality Engineering to drive the quality strategy for our AI-driven cloud operations platform. This role will focus on building scalable, reliable, and intelligent test automation systems, enabling high-quality releases in a fast-paced SaaS environment. The ideal candidate will champion modern quality engineering practices, including automation, cloud-native testing, and observability-driven validation. This role goes beyond traditional QA to ensure end-to-end product quality across distributed systems.\nJob Title: Lead SDET - Quality Engineering\nLocation: Pune/Ahmedabad\nExperience: 8-12 years\nEducation: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead and drive the quality engineering strategy for our cloud-native SaaS platform\nDesign, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and test suites across UI, API, and integration layers\nCollaborate closely with engineering teams to embed quality practices within the development lifecycle (shift-left)\nEnsure seamless integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines with appropriate quality gates\nDefine and implement test strategies for microservices-based and distributed systems\nEstablish best practices for test design, execution, and reporting, continuously improving frameworks and processes\nDrive API-first testing strategy, including contract and schema validation\nUtilize observability tools (logs, metrics, traces) to validate system behavior and improve production quality (shift-right)\nWork with product and engineering teams to ensure high test coverage and release confidence\nExperience with performance and load testing for cloud-native, distributed systems, including defining strategies, evaluating tools (e.g., k6, Locust, Gatling), and ensuring system scalability and reliability at scale\nMentor and manage a team of quality engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement\nParticipate in architecture and design discussions to influence testability and quality\nMust Have\nStrong programming experience in Python (preferred) or Java/JavaScript\nHands-on experience with modern automation frameworks:\nPlaywright / Cypress (UI Automation)\nPytest / Robot / similar frameworks\nStrong experience in API testing:\nREST APIs using tools like Postman/Newman, REST Assured, or Python (requests)\nExperience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI\nSolid understanding of cloud-native architectures (microservices, containers, distributed systems)\nExperience working with Docker and Kubernetes-based environments\nStrong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies\nExperience leading or contributing to modernization/migration initiatives (e.g., legacy to modern automation frameworks, tooling consolidation, platform upgrades)\nExperience testing cloud-based applications, preferably on AWS\nFamiliarity with contract testing/schema validation (OpenAPI, Pact, etc.)\nExposure to observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch\nFamiliarity with AI-driven or intelligent test automation tools\nGood to Have\nExperience with AI/ML-driven systems testing, including:\nValidating model outputs for accuracy and consistency\nTesting non-deterministic systems (e.g., LLM-based features)\nUnderstanding of data quality, drift, and bias considerations\nKnowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka, messaging systems) and testing strategies\nExposure to security testing fundamentals (OWASP)\nExperience implementing shift-right practices such as synthetic monitoring or canary validation\nSoft Skills\nAbility to drive quality culture across teams\nProactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement\nAbility to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment\nExperience\n8-12 years of experience in test automation/quality engineering\nStrong leadership and mentoring capabilities\nExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills","description_format":"text","description_chars":4087,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Custom Software Development"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T23:24:10Z"}],"liveness":{"score":77,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.978,"p_room":0.788,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":8,"reasons":["conf:23","urgency","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/zymr-lead-quality-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/zymr-lead-quality-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T23:28:10Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1102,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3898,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}