Lead QA Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain automated testing strategies and frameworks (unit, integration, regression, system).
• Establish and enforce quality standards, test coverage requirements, and release readiness criteria.
• Partner early with architects and developers to embed testability into solution design.
• Review requirements and designs to identify gaps, risks, and unvalidated business assumptions.
• Lead defect root-cause analysis and drive continuous improvement across development and QA processes.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Python expertise with the ability to review and critique production-quality code.
• Deep understanding of large-scale network environments and service workflows.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., pytest), CI/CD pipelines, and API testing/mocking.
• Experience validating systems that integrate with APIs, network devices, and distributed systems.
• Strong documentation and communication skills to support release and quality governance decisions.