Lead QE

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, IN - AHMEDABAD, IN - GURUGRAM VILLAGE NATHUPUR THE AMBIENCE CORPORATE TOWER II

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use):

S&P Global Corporate

The Role: Lead Quality Engineer

About the Team:


Join a highly motivated, agile, and collaborative DataGen team delivering impactful data-driven solutions. We’re a people-first culture, passionate about agility, flexibility, and diversity. As Lead QE, you’ll partner with developers, analysts, product owners, and other stakeholders to drive the quality of our innovative web applications and data platforms.

Responsibilities and Impact:

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of test automation frameworks for full-stack web applications (React, .NET Core, Postgres, NoSQL) and data pipelines (Databricks).
• Define and execute test strategies across UI, API, backend, and data layers, ensuring coverage of functional, integration, regression, and performance scenarios.
• Collaborate closely with developers and DevOps to embed quality in CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments (AWS).
• Mentor and guide QE team members, fostering best practices in test automation, exploratory testing, and quality metrics analysis.
• Participate in architectural and design discussions, influencing solutions for testability, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive adoption of shift-left testing, BDD, and test data management practices.
• Design and lead performance and load testing for APIs, web applications, and data processing workloads.
• Analyze test results, defects, and quality KPIs to provide actionable insights and continuous improvement recommendations.
• Act as a quality champion within the DataGen team, communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support migration and integration testing for legacy to AWS cloud transitions.

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in software testing and test automation for modern web applications and data platforms.
• 2+ years in a lead/mentoring QE or SDET role, driving quality initiatives and team delivery.
• Strong programming skills in C# or Python (or Java), with experience automating tests for .NET Core backends and React frontends.
• Proven experience with Playwright for web UI test automation.
• Experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, REST-assured, Postman, pytest, xUnit).
• Experience testing REST APIs, microservices, and data pipelines (ETL/ELT), including validation of large datasets in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, especially in developing and testing within Notebook/Jupyter environments.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD practices, with hands-on exposure to AWS services and pipeline automation.
• Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6, LoadRunner) and analysis of results.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (Postgres) and familiarity with NoSQL databases.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong English language skills.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow, Behave, etc.).
• Exposure to GenAI or LLM models testing.
• Experience with test data management and synthetic data generation.
• Interest in Data Science/Machine Learning and testing data-driven solutions.
• Experience with AWS services (S3, ECS, Lambda, etc.), Docker, and containerized testing.
• Experience with monitoring, profiling, and debugging tools.
• Bachelor’s or higher qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

Grade/Level: 11

The Location: India - Hyderabad

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:
Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global.

Our benefits include: 

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.

• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.

• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.

• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.

• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.

• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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