Test Automation Architect

Position Summary

The Quality Architect / AI Automation Architect will lead the design and development of our next-generation Game Test Automation and Continuous Testing Framework. This highly technical role sits at the intersection of test automation and AI/ML, responsible for architecting, building, and deploying intelligent solutions that drive measurable efficiency gains, strengthen product quality, and streamline QA workflows across multiple platforms and technologies.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong architectural vision to deliver innovative AI-assisted automation solutions that transform how we test games at scale.

• Design, implement, and deploy an AI-assisted test automation framework that incorporates testing of Game Applications and middleware across native, web‑based, mobile, and social media platforms.
• Design and implement test automation solutions for key areas such as APIs, UI, graphical image comparison, portability, scalability, high availability, and performance.
• Architect modular, reusable, and portable test automation libraries and solutions.
• Lead the integration of automated tests with CI/CD pipelines, test/defect management tools, and reporting dashboards.
• Collaborate closely with development, SQA, and tools teams to identify automation opportunities and drive the team toward high test automation coverage goals.
• Support junior engineers by training, guiding, and solving technical issues to accelerate test automation.
• Manage and maintain the test automation framework, data centers, and execution environments.

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field.

Minimum of five (5) years of test automation experience on large‑scale programs involving native console, web‑based, and cloud‑based applications, preferably in the gaming area.

Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience developing and deploying AI/ML‑based automation solutions in enterprise environments.

Hands‑on experience with open‑source test automation frameworks and tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Robot Framework, Cucumber/Gherkin, Rest Assured, perforce, Jenkins, or equivalent CI/CD tools, Sonar Qube, or equivalent code‑quality tools.

Advanced experience in one or more programming languages: C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML5, etc.

Advanced experience with cross‑platform game engines such as Unity 3D, Unreal, or similar.

Strong knowledge and extensive experience working with product teams to develop appropriate levels of automation testing (unit, integration, API, smoke, system, browser compatibility, etc.).

Experience working in a highly automated enterprise‑class software environment, preferably at scale with thousands of tests running through a CI pipeline.

Capable of mentoring and communicating test automation best practices, coding standards, automation strategy, and tool usage.

Proven ability to communicate clearly at different levels and functions within the organization.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to solve engineering problems and contribute to creative solutions.
• Effective collaboration with cross‑functional team members.
• Capacity to work in a fast‑paced, deadline‑oriented environment.
• Detail‑oriented and organized.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Capability to multi‑task across competing priorities.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities, including close and distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus while working with computer and business equipment.

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a…