Quality Automation Architect

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HOW WE TAKE CARE OF YOU:

For full time employees, Health, Dental, Vision, 401K with generous matching program, generous paid time off.

Potential Annual Bonus Opportunity.
50% discount at restaurants and retail locations.

Career advancement opportunities as we are growing!

For more benefit related information please .Please copy and paste this URL into a new browser to view our detailed list of benefits or apply directly on our career site THE COURSEThe QA Automation Architect/Manager leads the design, strategy, and execution of the organization's test automation practice. This role blends deep technical architecture with people leadership — building scalable automation frameworks, setting quality standards across the organization, and managing a team of automation engineers to deliver reliable, high-velocity releases.

The position exists to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle — not just at the end of it — by partnering closely with engineering, product, and Dev Ops teams, and by standing up and maturing formal automation practices where they are early-stage or do not yet  THE ISLAND GUIDEArchitecture & Strategy Design, build, and own the enterprise test automation architecture across API, smoke, UI, functional, integration, performance, and regression testing

Stand up and mature the QA automation practice where it is early-stage or nonexistent today — establishing frameworks, tooling, standards, and team structure from the ground up Define the long-term automation roadmap, tooling strategy, and technical standards for the QA organization

Evaluate, select, and introduce new tools, frameworks, and testing methodologies to improve coverage, speed, and reliability

Architect and maintain scalable, maintainable automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium)
Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and fast feedback loops

Leadership & Management Hire, mentor, and manage a team of QA automation engineers; set goals, conduct performance reviews, and support career growth

Establish coding standards, review practices, and best practices for test automation across teams

Manage resourcing, budget, and prioritization for the automation function

Act as the primary point of contact for automation strategy in cross-functional planning and release discussions

Execution & Quality Governance Define and track quality metrics (test coverage, defect leakage, automation ROI, flakiness rate, etc.) and report on them to leadership

Drive root-cause analysis on production defects and feed learnings back into test strategy

Partner with development teams to shift testing left and embed quality practices earlier in the SDLCOwn risk assessment and go/no-go quality recommendations for major releasesESSENTIALS FOR LIFE IN PARADISEBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
ISTQB or other relevant QA certifications (preferred)
Strategic thinking:
Translates business and release priorities into a coherent, scalable automation roadmap

Technical leadership:
Sets a credible technical direction and earns trust through hands-on expertise, not just title

People management:
Hires, coaches, and develops engineers; gives clear, actionable feedback

Communication and influence:
Explains technical tradeoffs and quality risk in terms non-technical stakeholders can act on Judgment under ambiguity:
Makes sound calls with incomplete information, especially when building new practices from scratch

Cross-functional collaboration:

Works effectively across engineering, product, and Dev Ops…