Lead QA Engineer

Company Description

Forbes Advisor is an initiative for consumers under the Forbes Marketplace umbrella that provides journalist- and expert-written insights, news and reviews on all things personal finance.

We’re dedicated to helping turn aspirations into reality. We do this by providing consumers with the knowledge and research they need to make informed financial decisions they can feel confident in, so they can get back to doing the things they care about most.

Forbes Advisor is a new initiative for consumers under the Forbes Marketplace umbrella that

provides journalist- and expert-written insights, news and reviews on all things personal finance.

We’re dedicated to helping turn aspirations into reality. We do this by providing consumers with the

knowledge and research they need to make informed financial decisions they can feel confident in, so

they can get back to doing the things they care about most.

Responsibilities

· Own and evolve the end-to-end testing lifecycle (strategy, tools, coverage, ROI)

· Define and own the QA strategy, test approach, and quality governance

· Build scalable automation frameworks for UI, API, and microservices

· Define quality gates and drive shift-left testing

· Establish test standards, templates, and best practices aligned with Industry standards

· Lead performance, non-functional, and cross-browser testing

· Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with Dev & DevOps teams

· Improve test coverage, stability, and release confidence

· Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, PI planning, and retrospectives

· Provide quality dashboards, risk assessments, and go live recommendations

· Review test code, mentor team, and support debugging & RCA

Requirements

· 10–14 years in QA Automation & Manual Test Engineering

· Strong DSA & problem-solving with OOP-based design

· Expertise in Playwright, UI & API automation, framework development

· Solid understanding of SDLC, test strategy, coverage, and release processes

· Hands-on with Postman, JMeter (or similar tools)

· Experience with CI/CD, automation architecture, distributed systems debugging

· Good manual testing capability

· Strong communication, ownership, and collaboration skills

Qualifications

· Degree in Computer Science / Engineering or related field

· Hands-on engineer with production-level coding mindset

· Strong knowledge of functional, regression & non-functional testing

· Good documentation and collaboration skills

· Focus on building scalable, reliable systems

Perks:

• Day off on the 3rd Friday of every month (one long weekend each month)

• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement Program to promote health well-being

• Monthly Office Commutation Reimbursement Program

• Paid paternity and maternity leaves