Head Quality Assurance

As a Head of Quality Assurance at Commcise located in Bangalore, you will play a crucial role in managing testing activities to ensure the best user product experience. With 13-15 years of relevant experience, you will need to have an Engineering or IT Degree. Your strong expertise in software testing concepts and methodologies, along with excellent communication skills and technical aptitude, especially in automation, will be essential for this role. Your responsibilities will include having a deep understanding of capital markets, trading platforms, wealth management, and regulatory frameworks such as MiFID, SEC, SEBI, FCA. Experience with financial instruments and post-trade processes will also be necessary. You will be required to define and implement comprehensive testing strategies covering functional and non-functional testing, as well as developing test governance models and enforcing QA best practices. Your role will involve a strong grasp of programming concepts, coding standards, and test frameworks like Java, Python, and JavaScript. Expertise in test automation frameworks such as Selenium and Appium, as well as API testing and knowledge of connectivity protocols, will be advantageous. Understanding AI and Machine Learning applications in test automation and driving AI-driven automation initiatives will be part of your responsibilities. Experience in continuous testing within CI/CD pipelines, knowledge of infrastructure as code and cloud platforms, and familiarity with observability tools for real-time monitoring will also be required. You should have expertise in performance testing tools, security testing methodologies, and experience with resilience testing and chaos engineering. Strong leadership skills, team development abilities, and stakeholder management across various teams will be crucial in this role. Having an Agile mindset, leading Agile testing transformations, and implementing BDD/TDD practices will be part of your responsibilities. Strong strategic planning and execution skills, along with a willingness to be hands-on when required, will be essential for driving collaborative test strategies. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute significantly to ensuring the quality and reliability of products in the financial technology industry.,