Lead Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - Appium/Selenium (8-14 yrs)

Role & Responsibilities :

- Team Leadership : Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of talented QA engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation.

- Technical Expertise : Implement automation tests across both Web and Mobile (IOS & Android). We are willing to train people who have no mobile automation experience but have strong programming skills and web automation experience.

- Hands-On Involvement : Must be hands-on and coding 70% of time with strong QA engineering fundamentals.

- Manual Testing : Create efficient test plans and maintain the test case repository as our product grows in functionality. Test new features that have not yet been automated by performing Black Box and White Box testing

- Project Management : Oversee the planning, execution, and releases of various features ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards.

- Resource Allocation : Allocate resources effectively, balancing workloads among team members and optimizing productivity.Recruiting experience (sourcing, interviewing, offering, etc) is ideal

- Performance Evaluation : Conduct regular performance assessments, providing feedback, and identifying areas for professional development for individual team members.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration : Collaborate with other departments (e.g. engineering, product management, design, operations) to ensure smooth and efficient project delivery.

- Process Improvement : Identify opportunities for process optimization and implement best practices to enhance automation workflows.

- Technical Documentation : Ensure comprehensive and accurate documentation of QA engineering processes, methodologies, and technical implementations.

- Stay Updated : Keep abreast of industry trends, technological advancements, and best practices to drive innovation within the QA team and the company.

Ideal Candidate :

- 8+ years experience with UI Automation testing tools.

- Bonus for Mobile automation (iOS / Android) experience using Appium and Selenium.

- 2+ years as Tech lead or Team manager.

- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

- BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.

- Programming experience in Python + Javascript or similar language

- You're a top automation engineer, capable of producing large amounts of code quickly.

- You contribute to open source projects and are seen as the team's most knowledgeable engineer.

- Eager to learn about new trends and technologies, and excited to introduce innovative ideas to QA automation using AI.

- Experience working in agile, fast-paced environments and familiar with CI/CD processes.

- Self-motivated, especially with respect to learning new software tools and best practices in software quality assurance.

- Startup mentality: self-starter, proactive, flexible.

- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.