QA Lead at Virtusa
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Jul 1, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A QA Lead role focused on owning end-to-end testing across multiple applications or projects, covering system, integration, and regression testing. The position involves defining test strategies, reviewing test plans and results, managing defects, and driving test automation adoption. It suits an experienced QA professional with hands-on testing skills who can also mentor team members and coordinate across development, product, and architecture teams within an Agile SDLC environment.
Senior level · Chennai, TN (India) · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is based in Chennai, India (IN-TN-Chennai per the posting). US compensation benchmarks do not apply.
The title is 'QA Lead' with no explicit seniority level word; however, the scope — leading QA across multiple applications, mentoring team members, defining test strategy — clearly supports a Senior classification.
The posting is listed as 'Individual Contributor' despite the lead/mentoring responsibilities, which is consistent with a senior IC QA lead rather than a people-manager role.
No specific test automation tool or framework is named anywhere in the posting (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright). Test automation is required in principle but the specific tooling is left open.
CI/CD integration, performance testing, and security testing all appear under the 'Preferred Qualifications' section and are treated accordingly.
No compensation range is disclosed.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Defect management.
This role's work location reads as outside the US — the candidate pool, comp, and contention benchmarks here are US-only (BLS employment, Adzuna/USAJOBS demand, and certified H-1B wages), so treat them as a rough US reference, not a local market.
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