Senior QA Automation Lead

Job Description

An employer is looking for a Senior SDET to sit remote. You will primarily be owning, leading, and building out automation testing for the client’s backend, portal, and staff web environment. Initially, you will evaluate the current landscape and determine the areas that can be impacted the most by automating their test environment. In addition, you will continue to build out the automation footprint and optimize the test environment/ strategy. You will partner closely with engineering and contribute to the UI and API test automation while leveraging tools like Playwright/ Pytest/ Jest, etc. You will write Playwright as first class product code, not after the fact checklists. You will own CICD test automation aspects related to GitHub Actions, GitHub Runners, PR jobs, artifacts, secrets, flake quarantine, etc. You will debug locators, waits, and data instead of re-running. Additional tasks will include reviewing PRs for acceptance critieria, optimize areas where automation is missing, regression risk, and designing a thin E2E layer to push coverage down to the API/unit.

Skills and Requirements

7+ years experience in SDET/ QA automation Experience building out and owning automation environments/ strategy Well versed with Playwright + JS/ TS, Pytest, and Jest Strong experience owning pipeline automation/ CICD aspects- GitHub Actions, Gitlab runnings, PR jobs, artifacts, etc. Experience leading flake hunting, code review, test audit/ optimization UI and API test automation experience AI first approach- Able to leverage Agentic tools, etc. Cursor experience Python FastAPI, Next.js

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].