Lead QA Automation Engineer

Lead QA Automation EngineerMetAntz is connecting top 1% talents with exciting global opportunities.About the OpportunityMetAntz is partnering with a fast-scaling enterprise AI product company to hire a Lead QA Automation Engineer. This is a hands-on leadership role at the intersection of test engineering and data. You will own the automation strategy for a platform that ingests high-volume data and surfaces data-science-driven outcomes, and you will be responsible for making sure both the application and the intelligence it produces are provably correct at scale.It's a strong fit for someone who thinks like an engineer, has led a small team, and is comfortable testing not just UIs and APIs but the correctness of ETL pipelines and machine-learning model outputs.Why Join

• Test what most QA engineers never touch. Beyond UIs and APIs, you'll be validating data pipelines and the correctness of data-science outcomes — genuinely hard problems where quality has real business consequences.
• Real scale. Work on a platform that ingests and processes very large volumes of data, where performance and correctness at scale are first-class engineering concerns, not afterthoughts.
• Own the strategy. This isn't a ticket-closing role. You define the automation approach, build the frameworks, and set the quality bar for the whole team.
• Lead and grow others. Mentor QA and SDET engineers and shape how the team works - with room to grow into broader engineering leadership.
• Modern stack, done well. Docker, Kubernetes, cloud (GCP, Azure), CI/CD-native testing, and best-in-class tooling - the environment supports doing test engineering the right way.
• High-visibility impact. You'll join a fast-scaling enterprise AI product company at a stage where your work directly shapes product reliability and customer trust.
• Competitive compensation with a Series C, $110m+ funded company.What You will Do
• Define and lead the QA automation strategy across the platform, and build scalable, maintainable automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Design complex, high-coverage test suites spanning UI, API, and data layers.
• Drive performance and load testing, establish benchmarks, and identify bottlenecks before they reach production.
• Integrate automated testing deeply into CI/CD so quality gates run continuously rather than at the end.
• Test high-volume, data-intensive applications - validating data as it moves through ingestion, transformation, and warehousing.
• Test data-science outcomes - validate model inputs, outputs, and behaviour, and build repeatable ways to catch regressions in data-science-driven results.
• Mentor and level up QA and SDET engineers, set standards, and raise the overall quality bar for the team.Must-Have Skills
• QA automation & test engineering: Strong automation background, API testing, and rigorous test design.
• CI/CD, containers & cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-based testing (GCP or Azure preferred).
• Data & ML testing: ETL testing, data-science/ML model testing, and some data-warehouse testing experience.
• Tooling & scripting: Selenium, Python scripting, and Postman.
• Leadership: Experience leading small QA/SDET teams.Nice-to-Have Skills
• Playwright, Cypress
• RestAssured
• JMeter and/or K6Experience
• 8+ years of QA automation/SDET experience preferred.
• 6+ years will be considered for strong candidates.
• Open up to 14 years for the right leadership profile.LocationBengaluru, Hybrid work setup, office near South end circle Metro station.Applications and screening are managed through MetAntz. Shortlisted candidates will be introduced directly to the hiring team. **Urgent hiring. Early joiners will be preferred**