Lead Engineer in Test

Lead Engineer In Test

Our advanced Technology capability delivers cutting-edge, high-impact digital products and campaigns. We bring strategic partnerships with the world's leading marketing and technology vendors that allow us to represent the top platforms and tools for our clients. Through collaboration with Strategy, Experience Design, Data Science, Project Management, and Account teams, our technologists are helping the world's leading brands transform the marketing landscape.

Our Quality Assurance (QA) team keeps us technologically forward and on point. To help with this, we are looking for a Lead Engineer in Test — someone who can lead our QA automation team forward, establishing structure and best-in-class growth. This role spans the full QA lifecycle and works closely with cross-functional teams to modernize efficiencies, implement best-in-class QA automation methodologies and tools, and drive quality at scale across complex digital ecosystems.

The successful candidate is a hands-on QA leader with deep experience in automation development, strong programming skills, and a forward-looking mindset that includes AI-assisted testing, intelligent automation, and modern test orchestration frameworks.

From test planning and execution to technical risk management and process improvement, the Lead Engineer in Test supports complex digital projects that are defined, designed, and developed by Digitas and other Publicis agencies. As a Lead Engineer in Test, you will:

• Lead QA automation activities across a range of digital initiatives
• Define and evolve QA strategy, frameworks, and tooling
• Oversee testing of web applications, APIs, and integrated platforms
• Incorporate AI-driven testing approaches to improve coverage, speed, and defect detection
• Build and grow automation capability while mentoring engineers across geographically distributed QA teams

Key Responsibilities:

• Regularly interface with senior leadership and represent automation goals within the context of broader organizational objectives
• Provide guidance to automation team members on adopting new tools, improving reliability, and scaling automation coverage
• Lead the definition, execution, and maintenance of standardized automation QA processes, methodologies, and reporting
• Design and implement robust automation frameworks using modern tools and best practices
• Drive QA process improvements using industry best practices and emerging technologies
• Stay current on digital technologies, testing trends, and AI-assisted QA techniques to support innovation and client demands
• Represent the QA capability in cross-organizational meetings and client-facing discussions
• Hire, train, and mentor QA engineers and automation resources
• Lead and facilitate automation development across geographically distributed QA teams in fast-paced, agile environments

Qualifications:

We're looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:

• Technical & Automation Expertise
• Automation & Programming Framework Architecture
• Playwright Expertise
• Programmatic API Testing
• API & Hybrid Testing
• Network Interception
• CI/CD & Dev Ops Integration
• Strategy & Leadership
• Software Design Excellence
• Modern Frontend Awareness
• Code Quality Standards
• Concurrency & Parallel Execution
• AI & Intelligent Automation AI Integration
• Synthetic Data Engineering
• Testing Non-Deterministic Systems
• Risk & Compliance
• QA Strategy & Leadership
• Automation ROI Analysis
• Metric-Driven Improvements
• Shift-Left Advocacy
• Cross-Functional Influence
• Holistic Quality Architecture
• Solution Engineering