As a QA Architect, you will:
- Design, document, and implement test automation frameworks and strategies for recent systems, enhancements, and modifications.
- Define and implement QA architecture, ensuring test solutions are scalable, maintainable, and reusable across products.
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to define quality requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Develop test strategy and specifications, and lead automation implementation across functional, regression, API, and performance testing.
- Architect and own CI/CD test integration, ensuring automated tests run reliably within build/deploy pipelines.
- Drive test coverage, quality metrics, and defect trends, and report on product quality health to leadership.
- Evaluate and implement automation tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium) suited to the tech stack.
- Stay current with QA/automation industry trends and emerging tools, recommending adoption where relevant.
- Mentor and train QA engineers, helping them grow automation and testing skills.
As a QA Architect, you must have:
- 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering, with a strong focus on test automation architecture and strategy.
- Proven experience designing and scaling automation frameworks from scratch (UI, API, and/or mobile).
- Strong hands-on experience with automation tools: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, or similar.
- Experience with API testing/automation tools such as Postman, RestAssured, or similar, and RESTful web services.
- Proficiency in scripting/programming for test automation JavaScript/Node.js, Python, or similar.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar).
- Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Git.
- Experience with performance/load testing tools (JMeter, k6, Gatling) is a plus.
- Good command of cloud infrastructure AWS (preferred), MS Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, architecture principles, and Agile methodologies.
- Experience working closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Development teams.
- Ability to mentor and train junior QA engineers, helping them grow their skills and advance their careers.
- Strong vision and ability to deliver quickly in a fast-paced start-up culture.
📌 Skeps - Test Automation Architect - Selenium (India)
🏢 Skeps
📍 India