Software QA Engineering Head

Location: Trivandrum, Chennai, Kochi

Reports To: Head of Product Engineering Function:

Product Engineering Role

Summary:

Lead and drive continuous quality engineering and improvement practices across products. Establish automation frameworks, standardize testing practices, and mentor QA engineers to ensure high-quality software engineering outcome.

Key Responsibilities

•         Develop and implement a unified testing and quality assurance strategy.

•         Improve engineering efficiency through automation testing

•         Lead and own test artifacts, automation frameworks and infrastructure.

•         Collaborate with DevOps and Support teams on CI/CD.

•         Hire, coach and manage QA engineers, architects and managers.

•         Define and ensure adherence to QA policies, procedures, and documentation.

•         Oversight of test env and production releases.

•         Drive continuous improvement in QA metrics and team capabilities.

•         Ensure compliance with US Healthcare regulations.

Required Knowledge & Skills

•         Strong foundation in software engineering and QA methodologies.

•         Hands-on with latest automation technologies and tools

•         Prior experience working on Agile methodology

•         Experience driving QA integration with DevOps enabling continuous releases.

•         Excellent communication, analytical, and leadership skills.

•         Knowledge of healthcare payer domain (preferred).

Experience

•         10+ years in product QA automation.

•         5+ years leading large QA functions

•         Proven experience in DevOps environments with continuous testing.