What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead QA Engineer position at Kanshe Infotech?
Lead QA Engineer – Hands-on Automation
Location: Irvine, CA – Hybrid (3 days onsite/week)
Duration: 12 Months / Long-Term
Type: W2 Contract – Open to candidates authorized to work in the U.S.
Job Summary:
Our direct client, a leading American distributor of IT products and services, is seeking a Lead QA Engineer with strong hands-on automation expertise to lead QA automation initiatives, design enterprise test frameworks, and drive quality across Agile delivery teams.
Mandatory Skills:
- Beagle Test – Must Have
- Hands-on Java/Python scripting – Must Have
- Selenium / Playwright – Must Have
- API Automation – Must Have (REST Assured/Postman/SOAP UI)
- Test Automation Architecture & Framework Design – Must Have
- CI/CD & DevOps – Must Have (Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, Docker)
- Agile QA / Scrum & Shift-Left Testing – Must Have
Key Requirements:
- 8 years of QA and Test Automation experience.
- 2 years leading QA teams or driving QA initiatives.
- Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise automation frameworks for web, API, backend, SOA, and ETL applications.
- Experience with BDD/TDD, Cucumber, TestNG, and scalable automation frameworks.
- Strong hands-on programming experience with Java/Python; C#, Groovy is a plus.
- Experience with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Grafana, Kibana, and Elasticsearch.
- Strong experience with defect triage, release readiness, quality gates, and production issue analysis.
- Ability to lead automation strategy, code reviews, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration with QA, Development, Product, and Production teams.
- Experience driving automation maturity, CI/CD, release automation, test infrastructure, and continuous improvement.
Salary : $65 - $70