Lead, Testing

Standard Chartered • Bangalore, IN

81d

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Test Lead to oversee the testing lifecycle of our software development projects. The Test Lead will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing test strategies to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions. This role involves leading a team of testers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring adherence to best practices in testing and quality assurance.

Requirements

• Minimum 12 years of experience in the UI and REST API development.
• Proven experience as a Test Lead or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, JUnit, TestNG).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• DevOps solution
• DevOps CI/CD
• Banking or Lending Domain knowledge
• Coding skills - ANSIBLE, Python, Shell or Powershell etc.
• SQL scripting
• Knowledge on usability testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive test plans, strategies, and schedules.
• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers and testers.
• Coordinate with development, product, and project management teams to ensure test coverage.
• Execute manual and automated testing, including functional, regression, performance, and integration tests.
• Identify, document, and track defects to resolution.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and best practices.
• Provide regular test progress and quality reports to stakeholders.
• Work closely with architects and infrastructure teams and review the solutions.
• Interact with support teams periodically and get input on the various business users' needs.
• Provide all the required input and assistance to the business users in performing the API integration.
• Actively participate in discussions with business users and seek endorsements and approvals wherever necessary w.r.t technology project delivery.
• Assess and evaluate the risks that are related to the project delivery and update the management team with appropriate remediation and mitigation approach.
• Review the technical solutions and deliverables with onshore delivery leads and key technology stakeholders and ensure that the deliverables are adhering to the risk governance rules.
• Work with Technology Governance and support teams and establish standards for simplifying the existing UI and API performance.
• Take end to end ownership of managing and administering the UI and API development.

Benefits

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees