Automation Test Lead / Architect

Years of Experience: 11-15 Years

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Quality Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end quality strategy, automation, and delivery excellence across products and platforms. The ideal candidate will play a key role in defining quality standards, leading QE teams, and ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performing software releases.

Key Responsibilities:

Quality Strategy & Leadership

Define and own the overall Quality Engineering (QE) strategy across projects and releases
Establish quality standards, KPIs, metrics, and best practices
Lead, mentor, and scale a team of Quality Engineers and Automation specialists
Champion Shift-Left testing practices to improve early defect detection.
Test Planning & Execution
Own test planning, estimation, scheduling, and risk management
Review and approve test strategies, test cases, and automation plans
Ensure comprehensive coverage across functional, regression, integration, system, and UAT testing
Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and implement defect prevention strategies.
Test Automation:
Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium)
Integrate automation suites into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
Enhance test reliability, execution speed, and maintainability
Track and report automation coverage, ROI, and effectiveness.
Collaboration & Delivery
Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, and Engineering Leads to ensure quality alignment
Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming, release readiness)
Serve as the quality gatekeeper for all releases
Communicate quality risks, insights, and recommendations to stakeholders.
Performance, Security & Reliability
Lead performance, load, and scalability testing initiatives
Collaborate on security testing, compliance, and risk mitigation
Support production monitoring, incident analysis, and post-release validation.
Tools & Process Improvement
Own and enhance test processes, tools, and reporting dashboards
Drive continuous improvement using metrics, KPIs, and retrospectives
Ensure documentation, traceability, and audit readiness across test artifacts.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Strong experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, and QA Leadership
Hands-on expertise with automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, etc.)
Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.)
Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies
Experience in performance and security testing is a plus
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills