Overview
JOB DESCRIPTION
- QUALITY ENGINEERING

QA Automation Lead
Test Automation Framework Architect | Playwright + TypeScript

About The Role
We are looking for a hands-on QA Automation Lead to drive test automation strategy and execution across the GuidingCare ® platform. You will design, architect, and evolve scalable automation frameworks using Playwright (TypeScript) and Selenium, lead our framework modernization, mentor a strong team of automation engineers, and partner with development to embed in-sprint automation as a default.

Key Responsibilities
Framework & Architecture
- Design, build, and maintain scalable automation frameworks from scratch using Playwright with TypeScript
- Lead modernization of legacy suites ( Katalon , Selenium) to Playwright-based frameworks
- Establish design patterns (POM), reusable libraries, utilities, and reporting plug-ins for cross-team adoption
- Define and ma in tain automation coding standards, branching strategy, and code review practices

Strategy & Execution
- Define automation strategy, coverage targets,



and KPIs aligned with release and business goals
- Lead in-sprint automation — partner with dev teams to comple te the automation alongside features .
- improve regression suite pass rates through systematic flaky-test triage and root-cause analysis
- Integrate test automation deeply into CI/CD pipelines ( A WS , GitHub Actions)

Leadership & Mentorship
- Mentor and coach QA engineers on automation and framework usage
- Lead by example — write production-grade automation code that others use as the reference

AI-Assisted Testing
- Champion the use of AI tooling (Copilot, Claude, Playwright Test Generator) to accelerate authoring, maintenance, and adoption of emerging AI/ML approaches in testing

Reporting & Stakeholder Management
- Develop execution reports and dashboards to track progress, test outcomes, and quality metrics, providing transparent visibility to leadership stakeholders
- Partner with Product, Dev, and DevO

📌 QA Lead Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 HealthEdge
📍 Hyderabad