Automation Lead

The Automation Lead will lead the design, implementation, and evolution of scalable test automation solutions across UI, API, and mobile platforms. This role partners closely with engineering and quality leadership to embed quality early in the development lifecycle, drive automation strategy, and elevate overall quality engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

Automation Architecture & Strategy

• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks and reusable test components across UI, API, and mobile platforms.
• Create, maintain, and optimize CI/CD-integrated automated test pipelines and tooling for continuous feedback.
• Participate in architecture discussions and code reviews, contributing from a testability and quality perspective.
• Own and drive non-functional testing initiatives such as integration testing, and contribute to performance and resiliency testing as required.

Quality Engineering & Planning

• Lead quality planning efforts for complex features and integrations, ensuring risk-based test coverage.
• Partner with Lead QE to define test scope, provide effort estimates, and contribute to risk assessments.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed quality early using test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices.
• Act as the primary point of contact for defect triage, root cause analysis, and data-driven quality reporting.
• Escalate quality risks and issues to the QE Manager with appropriate context and recommended solutions.
• Drive continuous improvements in quality engineering practices, automation tooling, standards, and documentation.
• Develop and maintain quality metrics, reporting on test coverage, defect trends, and automation effectiveness.
• Contribute to the configuration, maintenance, and stability of test environments and test data sets.
• Mentor and support junior QEs by reviewing test cases, automation code, and providing constructive feedback.
• Support UAT activities by coordinating testing efforts, reproducing issues, and ensuring end-to-end test traceability.

Qualifications & Skill Set

Required Experience & Education

• 10+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering or Test Automation roles.
• University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills

• Solid hands-on experience in microservices testing and test strategies involving service contracts, API gateways, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with mobile testing frameworks such as Appium and test automation for iOS and Android.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, CI/CD practices, and DevOps tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub).
• Working knowledge of service virtualization tools (eg: Parasoft, SmartBear, IBM Rational Tester) and log analysis platforms (eg: Kibana, Splunk).
• Proficient in writing SQL queries and validating back-end database transactions.
• Comfort working across Agile delivery models, with strong awareness of shift-left testing and in-sprint quality practices.
• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr, TestRail, Xray, and test management best practices.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Temenos, VisionPlus, or other core banking platforms.
• Experience working with test data management tools such as Delphix or CA TDM.
• Exposure to cloud-native architectures and containerization (Docker).
• Familiarity with performance, accessibility, and security testing tools.