Location*: Greater Goods India, Guindy, Chennai

Experience: 4–7 years

*This is a full-time, work-from-office role. Candidates seeking hybrid or remote options are kindly requested not to apply.

We are hiring a Lead QA Engineer to own and elevate product quality across our platforms, with a strong emphasis on manual testing, API testing, and automation for both web and mobile apps. You will lead a small team (2–3 members), shaping QA strategy and execution through best practices, tools, and leadership.

We’re looking for someone hands-on with test case design, Playwright / Selenium / Cucumber for web automation, Appium for mobile automation, and strong API and SQL testing skills. Familiarity with AI-based testing tools and a mindset for continuous improvement are highly valued.

• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of 2–3 QA engineers, cultivating a high-quality engineering culture focused on accountability, continuous learning, and adherence to structured testing processes.
• Manual Testing Excellence: Design, maintain, and execute detailed manual test cases for functionality, edge cases, negative scenarios, and regression.
• Automation Testing: Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Playwright (web) and Appium (mobile). Drive automation of regression, sanity, and end-to-end test suites.
• Web & Mobile App QA: Execute thorough cross-browser and cross-device testing for responsive web and mobile applications.
• API Testing: Conduct comprehensive testing of REST APIs using tools like Postman. Validate status codes, payloads, error responses, and integrations.
• Database & SQL: Use SQL to verify data integrity, assist in backend validation, and generate or sanitize test data as needed.
• CI/CD & DevOps Integration: Integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions). Enable early defect detection and faster releases.
• AI-Driven Testing Optimization: Explore and utilize AI tools for generating test cases, prioritizing regressions, predicting defects, and reducing manual effort.
• Collaboration & Reporting: Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Development, DevOps) to define quality KPIs, defect metrics, and drive continuous improvement.
• Process & Documentation: Enforce standards for defect tracking, test documentation, and maintain traceability of requirements to test cases.

• Manual Testing: Expertise in creating structured test plans and test cases, along with exploratory testing for web/mobile apps.
• Automation Testing: Strong hands-on experience with Playwright (/Selenium / Cucumber) and Appium. Ability to build reusable, scalable test automation frameworks.
• API Testing: Proficiency in Postman or similar tools for automated and manual API testing.
• SQL & Database Testing: Solid understanding of relational databases and ability to write queries to support testing and data verification.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes to run automated test suites in CI/CD pipelines.
• AI-Powered QA Tools: Interest or experience in AI-based test optimization tools to enhance test coverage, reduce redundancy, and boost efficiency.
• Programming: Proficient in scripting languages such as Python, Java, or JavaScript for automation development.
• Agile Experience: Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments, managing sprint-based QA tasks.
• Leadership & Communication: Proven ability to manage teams, review test deliverables, and report quality status with clarity.

• Experience testing IoT/connected devices
• Knowledge of security testing principles and tools
• Familiarity with AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch) for environment setup and monitoring
• Experience with Jira for issue tracking and test management
• Exposure to performance testing tools like JMeter

Greater Goods is a group of critical thinking, highly analytic, wildly creative folks. Our mission is to build an active, enthusiastic community that is engaged with our brand and each other through the implementation of products made, technology developed, and content created. Ultimately, Greater Goods is a lifestyle company—with a focus on e-commerce. We design, market, and distribute goods for happier, healthier homes (primarily kitchen goods). We hope to fill the company with more people inspired by the ambitious goals we are committed to accomplishing. Get to know more about us at shop.greatergoods.com.