About The Role

As a Lead Test Automation Engineerwithin Sanofi''s Global Digital R&D; Software Engineering team, you will serveas the technical lead and quality champion for test automation across one ormore digital product squads. You will own the end-to-end automation strategy,drive engineering excellence, and guide a team of automation engineers todeliver high-quality, reliable, and scalable digital solutions. This role sitsat the intersection of technical leadership, hands-on engineering, andcross-functional collaboration, directly supporting Sanofi''s ambition to be adigital-first, AI-powered healthcare company.

Key Responsibilities

- Technical Leadership
- Define and own the test automation strategy, frameworkarchitecture, and tooling standards across assigned product domains
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable,maintainable, and reusable automation frameworks (functional, regression, API,integration, performance, and security testing)
- Drive shift-left testing practices, embedding quality fromrequirements through deployment
- Establish and enforce quality gates, coding standards, andbest practices for test automation across squads
- Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, andmethodologies to continuously improve the automation ecosystem
- Delivery & Execution
- Oversee the integration of automated test suites into CI/CDpipelines, ensuring fast and reliable feedback loops
- Lead test planning activities including scope definition,risk-based testing strategies, and effort estimation
- Monitor and report on test coverage, defect trends, andquality KPIs to engineering and product leadership
- Ensure automated test environments are stable, scalable, andaligned with cloud-native infrastructure
- Drive root cause analysis for critical defects and systemicquality issues, proposing and implementing corrective actions
- People & Collaboration




- Mentor and coach a team of test automation engineers,fostering technical growth and a quality-first culture
- Collaborate closely with product owners, software engineers,DevOps, and business stakeholders to align on quality objectives
- Act as the primary point of contact for test automationmatters within the squad and across the broader engineering community
- Facilitate knowledge sharing, communities of practice, andinternal guilds around testing excellence
- Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and capability buildingwithin the test automation practice
- Governance & Compliance
- Ensure test automation practices comply with Sanofi''s ITstandards, cybersecurity policies, and (where applicable) GxP/CSV regulatoryrequirements
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of test strategies,frameworks, and results for audit readiness
- Participate in global Digital R&D; engineeringinitiatives and contribute lessons learned to the broader community

Required Skills & Proficiency

Technical Skills:

- Applications Delivery:Experienced
- DevOps: Experienced
- Software Design:Intermediate
- Cloud Engineering:Experienced
- Functional Skills:
- Cybersecurity:Intermediate
- Continued Learning:Experienced
- Transversal Skills:
- Quality Mindset:Experienced
- Innovation:Intermediate
- Communication:Experienced
- OtherSkills:
- Software Engineering:Experienced
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Intermediate

Technical Expertise

- Test Automation Frameworks: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, RestAssured, Karate,or equivalent




- Programming Languages:Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript (proficient level)
- CI/CD & DevOps:Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps ?experienced in pipelinedesign
- Cloud Platforms:AWS, Azure, or GCP ?experienced in cloud-based test execution environments
- API & Contract Testing: Postman, REST/SOAP/GraphQL, Pact
- Performance & Security Testing: JMeter, Gatling, OWASP ZAP, or equivalent
- BDD/TDD Methodologies:Cucumber, SpecFlow, or equivalent
- Test Management & Reporting: Jira, Xray, TestRail, Allure, or equivalent
- Version Control & Code Quality: Git, SonarQube, code review practices
- Containerization:Docker, Kubernetes (for test environment management)

Qualifications & Experience

- Education:Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or arelated field
- Experience:12+ years in software quality engineering, with at least 3 years in a lead orsenior automation role
- Proven track record of building and scaling test automationframeworks in cloud-native, DevOps environments
- Experience leading or mentoring small teams of engineers(2??6 people)
- Exposure to regulated environments (GxP, CSV, 21 CFR Part11) is a robust advantage in the pharma/life sciences context
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions anddrive quality culture across cross-functional teams

Behavioral Competencies

- Aim Higher:Sets high quality standards; continuously raises the bar on automation coverageand reliability
- Act for Patients:Understands that software quality directly impacts patient safety and dataintegrity
- Be Bold: Challengeslegacy testing approaches; proposes and implements innovative automationsolutions
- Lead Together:Builds bridges across engineering, product, and business teams; fosters acollaborative quality culture.

📌 Digital R&D Lead Test Automation Engineer (Telangana)
🏢 Sanofi
📍 Telangana