QA Engineer at AHEAD

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation. At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.  We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.  The QA Engineer builds and maintains test automation for web frontends, APIs, and data workflows. You’ll collaborate with engineers and product owners to define acceptance criteria, implement test suites, and integrate quality gates into GitHub Actions, championing reliability, usability, and performance across the stack.  Key Responsibilities • Develop automated tests for React/Next.js frontends and FastAPI backend services. • Implement API, integration, and contract tests aligned to REST standards and OpenAPI specs. • Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines with reporting and quality thresholds. • Contribute to test data management, mocking, and environment consistency. • Apply unit testing best practices; promote TDD/BDD where appropriate. • Partner with DevOps on observability hooks, synthetic checks, and release health. • Document test strategies, traceability, and regression plans; participate in risk-based testing. Education and Experience • Minimum Required – Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience. • 3+ years in QA automation for web and API-based systems. Skills Required • Solid understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript testing for React/Next.js and Python testing for FastAPI. • Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and containerized test execution. • Familiarity with Kubernetes deployments and Helm-driven environments. • Knowledge of REST API design and validation; async system testing basics. • SQL proficiency and ORM awareness; experience validating Postgres/ Snowflake data paths. • Strong documentation, collaboration, and communication skills. • Exposure to AI-specific evaluation (RAG quality, grounding) is a plus. Why AHEAD: Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between. We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning. India Employment Benefits include: