Senior Automation Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Quality Assurance Engineer to drive automation, own test strategy, mentor a team of SDETs, and ensure world-class code quality and zero bug leakage.

This role will be the cornerstone between Product, Development, and Release teams, championing automation across backend (Postman, API frameworks) and frontend (Web Mobile UI).

• Sprint-Aligned Automation:
  • Partner with Product and Dev during grooming to understand story scope, identify regression impact, and deliver feature-complete automated tests within the sprint
• Framework Ownership:
  • Design, enhance, and maintain BE automation frameworks (Postman, REST-Assured/Pytest) and UI frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium)
• Code Quality Standards:
  • Enforce clean-code practices, peer-review pull requests, and consolidate merged test suites into master with no regressions
• Test Strategy Coverage:
  • Continuously analyze feature changes, maintain dynamic tagging for impact-based execution, and achieve zero leakage of critical bugs (L4)
• Utility Tooling Development:
  • Build reusable utilities (data-fakers, API helpers, reporting tools) to accelerate test creation and improve reliability
• Team Leadership Coaching:
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 4–8 QA engineers—conduct training, define career development, and ensure consistent delivery
• Reporting Metrics:
  • Generate sprint QA dashboards (pass rates, defect leakage, automation coverage), communicate status to stakeholders, and drive improvements
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Work closely with Developers, Product Owners, and Release Managers to align on quality gates, CI/CD integration, and timely, high-quality releases
• Customer Stakeholder Demos:
  • Present automated test outcomes, regression results, and performance metrics to Product, Engineering leadership, and external stakeholders

• 6 to 9 years in Software QA, with at least 2 years leading a team of SDETs in a fast-paced Agile environment
• API Automation: Postman, Newman, REST-Assured or Pytest for service-layer testing and performance integration (Locust, JMeter)
• UI Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, or Cypress for Web; Appium for native mobile (iOS/Android)
• Languages: Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions—integrating test suites into build pipelines
• Version Control: Git branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, code reviews
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills to diagnose flaky tests, performance bottlenecks, and complex end-to-end issues
• Automation Mindset: Passion for writing reliable, maintainable code—building utility libraries and test generators
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills—able to translate technical results into business value for stakeholders
• Leadership: Proven ability to coach, mentor, and hold peers accountable to QA best practices and sprint commitments
• Desirable: Experience with cloud device farms (BrowserStack, HeadSpin), Firebase Performance Monitoring, and metrics dashboards

• A track record of reducing regression cycle times via smart test selection and parallel execution
• The ability to define and enforce SLAs around bug verification (1-day SLA), PR reviews (1-hour SLA), and defect leakage
• A customer-first mindset—aligning device and performance metrics to real-world usage (e.g., for MobiquityPay in African markets)
• The drive to continuously optimize test data management, traceability (Jira integration), and reporting to achieve transparent, predictable quality