Lead Software Development Test Engineer

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

The Lead Software Development Test Engineer drives quality strategy and test automation for Tekion’s cloud‑native automotive platform. This senior role partners with engineering, product, and DevOps to embed quality across the development lifecycle and ensure reliable, high‑performance releases.

Role Snapshot

• Lead quality strategy for large product domains
• Build and scale automated test frameworks
• Mentor senior and junior test engineers
• Partner with engineering and product on risk identification
• Define release quality gates and risk‑based testing
• Analyze defect trends and drive systemic improvements

Must-Have Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• 7+ years software testing / quality assurance experience
• Automation tools/frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST Assured)
• Programming language proficiency (Java, Python, JavaScript)
• API, database, integration, and end‑to‑end testing experience
• CI/CD pipeline familiarity
• Test management tools (Jira, TestRail, Azure DevOps)
• Strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills
• software testing
• test automation leadership
• quality engineering

Work Setup

• Location: Bangalore, India
• Work mode: ONSITE
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Salary range
• Visa sponsorship
• Remote eligibility
• Travel requirement
• Shift requirement
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Define and execute end‑to‑end quality strategy for high‑impact releases
• Design, review, and optimize functional, regression, integration, system, API, and data‑validation test approaches
• Develop scalable, maintainable automated test frameworks and reusable assets
• Collaborate early with engineering and product to surface quality risks and improve testability
• Establish quality gates, release readiness criteria, and risk‑based testing strategies
• Validate complex workflows across web, mobile, backend services, and APIs
• Analyze defect trends and test effectiveness metrics to recommend process improvements
• Guide test environment strategy, test data management, and CI/CD integration of automated tests
• Mentor and provide technical direction to senior and junior test engineers
• Influence engineering teams to adopt scalable quality engineering standards and tools

Good Fit If You Have

• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration abilities
• Proactive risk management and ability to influence cross‑functional teams
• Passion for building scalable, automated quality solutions