Director, Quality Assurance

Aera Technology

Director of Quality Assurance leading global QA organization for AI-driven decision automation platform. Ensuring product quality and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize and automate decisions.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timePune • 🇮🇳 IndiaLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGradleJavaJenkinsJMeterJUnitMavenMySQLSDLCSelenium

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end product quality across multiple product lines and global engineering teams (US, India, Romania)
Design and implement a modern QA strategy for AI-driven platforms
Lead the development of AI-assisted test automation frameworks
Establish AI-powered testing pipelines integrated into CI/CD workflows
Collaborate with product engineering teams to certify the platform
Oversee day-to-day operations of manual, automation, and AI validation teams
Define and track key quality metrics
Drive innovation in generative test design
Maintain a hands-on technical presence (~30% of time)
Oversee release candidate validation, sign-off, and deployment certification for enterprise-scale releases
Continuously evaluate emerging AI testing and automation tools
Lead and mentor QA managers, SDETs, and test engineers globally

Requirements

What you’ll need

14+ years of experience in software quality assurance
at least 7 years in a leadership or management role
Deep expertise in test automation using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, REST-Assured, JMeter, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, and MySQL
Proven experience designing and implementing test frameworks for complex, distributed, cloud-based systems
Strong understanding of AI testing principles
Hands-on experience with AI-driven QA platforms such as testRigor, Testsigma, ACCELQ, Tricentis Testim, Mabl, Functionize, or Rainforest QA
Familiarity with AI-assisted test automation, self-healing frameworks, and generative test design
Strong knowledge of SDLC, QA methodologies, and agile/scrum development; SAFe experience is a plus
Experience with test management tools such as JIRA, BrowserStack and TestRail
Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive medical
Group Medical Insurance
Term Insurance
Accidental Insurance
paid time off
Maternity leave
unlimited access to online professional courses for both professional and personal development
people manager development programs
flexible working environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

test automationJavaSelenium WebDriverTestNGJUnitREST-AssuredJMeterMavenGradleMySQL

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationorganizational