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Lead Quality Engineer · Pune

COGNIZANT · COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIAPRIVATE LIMITED

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Designation Offered

Lead Quality Engineer

Job Role

Quality Assurance Engineer

Department

Engineering

Job Type

Fulltime

Salary

1

Experience

6–10 years

Job Location

Pune

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Posted by

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INDIAPRIVATE LIMITED

Posted On

3 Aug 2026

Valid until

2 Oct 2026

Skillset required

Automation

Job Description for Lead Quality Engineer

A role-focused description with responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications for this opening.

Engineering

Lead Quality Engineer is a delivery-focused opportunity based in Pune, India.

This role is designed for someone who can take ownership, collaborate closely with stakeholders, and consistently deliver high-quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and improve software systems that support the goals of the Quality Engineer function.
  • Translate product or business requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
  • Write high-quality code with appropriate testing, code review, and documentation discipline.
  • Collaborate with product, design, QA, and peer engineers to deliver reliable releases.
  • Investigate bugs, performance issues, and production risks with a strong root-cause mindset.
  • Improve system reliability, observability, and maintainability through thoughtful engineering decisions.
  • Contribute to architecture and implementation discussions with pragmatic technical trade-offs.
  • Break down complex work into clear milestones and communicate status transparently.
  • Refactor and simplify existing code where it improves long-term velocity and quality.
  • Support release readiness by validating edge cases, dependencies, and rollback considerations.
  • Share knowledge through pairing, mentoring, documentation, and constructive code reviews.
  • Continuously raise engineering standards across quality, security, performance, and developer experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong coding fundamentals with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Experience working with code reviews, testing practices, and collaborative delivery workflows.
  • Ability to break down ambiguous problems into clear technical solutions.
  • Comfort partnering with cross-functional teams in iterative product or platform environments.
  • Strong debugging, communication, and ownership skills across the software lifecycle.

Applications should be submitted through the listed apply link.

About this opening

COGNIZANT is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer in the Engineering team based in Pune.

This role is fulltime, flexible, 6–10 years experience, up to ₹1 per year—matched against UnoJobs' verified employer data.

Skills evaluated for this opening include Automation. Apply directly through UnoJobs to keep your application visible to COGNIZANT without bouncing across multiple sites.

Role
Quality Assurance Engineer
Department
Engineering
Location
Pune
Work mode
Flexible
Experience
6–10 years
Compensation
up to ₹1 per year

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