Lead Software Test Automation Engineer

Lead Software Test Automation Engineer

The Lead Software Test Automation Engineer will drive the design, implementation, and execution of scalable test automation frameworks across our products and platforms. This role combines deep technical expertise in modern test automation tools with leadership responsibilities for guiding a global team of Test Automation engineers. You will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and Dev Ops teams to ensure quality is embedded into every stage of the development lifecycle, drive shift‑left practices, and increase test automation ROI.

• Define and own the test automation strategy and roadmap across multiple projects.
• Lead and mentor a global team of automation engineers, setting best practices in coding, automation, peer reviews, and test design.
• Architect, implement, and maintain automation frameworks for web tests (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress), API tests (Postman, Swagger) and backend testing.
• Partner with Dev Ops to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Bitbucket).
• Drive adoption of AI into automation frameworks, coding, and test management.
• Establish metrics and dashboards to track test coverage, execution, and quality trends.
• Drive adoption of shift‑left testing by collaborating with developers and product managers during design and development phases.
• Support performance, security, and other non‑functional testing initiatives.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and quality ownership.
• Work with a globally distributed team to ensure project coverage focusing on prioritization, tasking, and status reporting.
• Act as the automation evangelist across the organization – educating cross‑functional teams on benefits of automation, processes, and methodology for creating automated tests and tracking automation ROI.
• Oversee hiring, onboarding, set goals, monitor performance, identify career paths, and ensure team members are cross‑trained.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• Hands‑on experience coding for test automation in an agile environment.
• Strong coding experience in Playwright and Selenium for automation framework design and development.
• Innovative mindset to enable AI using tools like Copilot, Jira AI agents, Cursor, etc., in test automation efforts and testing activities.
• Experience with testing tools/frameworks such as Cypress, Spock, Gherkin, Geb.
• Experience with Java, JavaScript, Groovy, Python, XML, SQL, and database testing.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman and Swagger.
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and Dev Ops tools such as Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Docker.
• Supervisory experience.

Salary range (for US roles only): $111,000 – $120,000.