Functional QA Lead

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of QA experience, including functional QA leadership and automation.
• Strong hands-on experience in credit card issuer processing .
• Deep understanding of payments, billing, credit allocation, balances, interest, fees, and delinquency.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing functional test automation frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with automation technologies such as Java/Python, REST Assured, Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber/BDD, or equivalent frameworks .
• Strong API testing and automation experience.
• Advanced SQL skills for data validation, reconciliation, and defect investigation.
• Experience automating batch processing validation, backend workflows, and large-volume data comparisons.
• Experience with CI/CD integration using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Experience in test management and defect tracking using Jira, Xray, or equivalent tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and team leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mainframe-to-distributed or cloud modernization programs.
• Knowledge of COBOL copybooks, JCL, flat files, and batch processing.
• Experience with event-driven systems, microservices, Kafka, or distributed processing.
• Experience automating source-to-target validation and reconciliation across heterogeneous systems.
• Familiarity with performance and volume testing considerations for large-scale transaction processing.
• Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements applicable to credit card issuing.
• Exposure to AI-assisted test generation, intelligent regression selection, and automated defect analysis.