NA CI Quality Engineering Lead

JOB DESCRIPTION

As the Quality Engineering Lead, you will architect and drive the development of a robust quality engineering practice across the organization.

You will oversee a high-performing team of quality engineering leaders, shaping and executing strategic direction that advances our commitment to exceptional software quality and continuous improvement.

In this capacity, you'll serve as a strategic thinker with a passion for engineering excellence and innovation, using your leadership to instill a culture of quality and leverage data-driven insights to elevate standards across software engineering teams.

You proactively coach, mentor, and create growth opportunities for your teams, empowering them to excel in Test Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing practices.

Your deep expertise in test automation, strategic mindset, and commitment to best-in-class development and testing will be key to your success in this role.

In this role, you will:


* Architect and execute the quality engineering vision and strategy to align with business objectives


* Drive adoption of Test Driven Development (TDD) practices using tools like xUnit, NUnit, JUnit, Mocha & Chai, and Jest


* Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of scalable automated test suites with Playwright (TypeScript) and Selenium (Java)


* Lead enhancement of the enterprise automation framework for adaptability, reusability, and maintainability across technology stacks


* Innovate testing strategies by leveraging AI-assisted automation, parallel execution, and dynamic test data


* Evaluate and implement emerging technologies such as AI/ML and cloud-native testing to advance quality engineering maturity


* Integrate testing seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)


* Collaborate with Product Owners, DevOps, and Architecture teams to ensure comprehensive testing practices and risk mitigation


* Mentor and develop Quality Engineering leaders to strengthen support for the broader engineering organization


* Facilitate root cause analysis (RCA), quality reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives to address quality gaps

QUALIFICATIONS



* Minimum of 12+ years' experience in quality engineering in both a hands-on and leadership capacity


* Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline; Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems or a related discipline preferred


* Mastery of Playwright with TypeScript and Selenium WebDriver, applying automation skills across a range of testing scenarios; proficiency in Java is an added advantage


* Ability to design robust automation frameworks using advanced architecture patterns and TDD methodologies


* Deep expertise building and maintaining backend solutions with .NET, leveraging test frameworks such as xUnit, NUnit, and JUnit


* Skill in optimizing CI/CD pipelines for test efficiency, r...