QA Automation Lead
Minimum experience: Approximately 6 years
Target experience: Around 10 years
Must have hands-on experience with automation frameworks.
Must understand automation framework development and be capable of creating/building frameworks.
Should have experience leading or supporting other automation engineers.
Lead role is approximately 80% hands-on.
The Lead is expected to:
Write automation code
Build automation scripts for user stories
Support Sprint delivery
Provide technical guidance to Senior QA resources
Help establish the overall QA automation vision
Ensure QA delivery across multiple teams is aligned
This is not a people-management-heavy role; technical leadership and hands-on automation are the priority.
The current team structure is approximately 3 developers + 2 QA resources, with the Lead working alongside a Senior QA.
QA Automation – Core Requirements
Strong hands-on automation experience is the biggest priority.
Candidates must have an automation-first mindset and be actively contributing to automation on a day-to-day basis.
Candidates should be writing automation scripts as part of their regular Sprint work rather than primarily performing manual testing and doing automation only when time permits.
Current environment uses Selenium, but the team is actively migrating/adopting Playwright.
Playwright + TypeScript is the first preference.
Solid Selenium experience is acceptable, particularly:
Selenium + C#
Selenium + Java
Candidates with strong Selenium backgrounds and approximately 2–3+ years of Playwright experience can be considered, provided the Playwright experience is genuinely hands-on.
The team wants candidates who can demonstrate actual working knowledge rather than simply having Playwright listed on their resume.
Programming Skills
Candidates should be technically strong in at least one programming language.
Preferred/acceptable languages include:
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
Java
Python
The candidate does not necessarily need to have the exact target language if they have strong programming fundamentals.
TypeScript is preferred, particularly with Playwright.
The team is using AI/Copilot, so language switching is viewed as manageable for candidates with strong programming fundamentals.