IT Software Engineer 5 ( lead)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Quality Engineering teams (minimum 5+ QEs)
• Develop and maintain enterprise test automation frameworks
• Create and execute automated API, functional, integration, and regression tests
• Develop test strategies, test plans, and testing roadmaps
• Participate in architecture reviews and design discussions
• Support Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) initiatives
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, and Business Stakeholders
• Drive quality processes across multiple applications and teams
• Perform end-to-end system integration testing
• Conduct exploratory and manual testing when needed
• Provide technical leadership for onshore and offshore QA teams

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years of Software Quality Engineering or Test Automation experience
• 5+ years in a Lead QA / Lead SDET role
• Experience leading teams of 5+ Quality Engineers
• 8+ years of test automation framework design experience
• Strong Java development experience (5+ years)
• Experience with Cucumber, JBehave, or other BDD frameworks
• Extensive REST API testing experience
• Strong SQL and database querying skills
• Full-stack and third-party integration testing experience
• Experience with Jenkins, Git, CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Strong communication and leadership skills

Preferred Experience

• Python development
• AWS Cloud technologies
• TDD (Test Driven Development)
• Continuous Integration best practices
• Code review processes
• JMeter performance testing (3+ years preferred)
• Load and performance testing
• Apigee or API Gateway technologies
• Agile/Lean development methodologies
• Microservices architecture
• Strong documentation skills
• Large-scale enterprise software platforms
• Autonomous vehicle, fleet management, or transportation platforms