QE lead

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Test Automation Lead for a retail client engagement. The role requires a hands-on QE/Test Lead with automation expertise, including experience with Robot Framework. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks for web, API, and end-to-end testing. Retail domain experience is preferred, particularly in eCommerce, order management, inventory, supply chain, or customer-facing digital applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement scalable test automation frameworks.
• Create and maintain automation scripts for functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Work with QA, development, business, and product teams to identify automation opportunities.
• Build reusable automation components, libraries, utilities, and test data handling mechanisms.
• Execute automated test suites and analyze results.
• Integrate automation scripts with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, or similar tools.
• Support test planning, estimation, execution tracking, and defect management.
• Improve automation coverage across critical business flows.
• Mentor junior automation engineers and promote automation best practices.
• Support API testing, backend validation, and data validation as needed.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, automation scripts, and defects.

Requirements

• Strong experience in automation framework design and implementation.
• Hands-on experience with Selenium and/or Playwright.
• Good knowledge of Cypress and Robot Framework is preferred.
• Experience with JavaScript, Java, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• API testing experience using Postman, REST-assured, or similar tools.
• CI/CD integration experience using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, or similar tools.
• Experience with JIRA, qTest, ALM/QC, or Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Ability to troubleshoot automation failures and improve script stability.
• Good SQL knowledge for backend validation.
• Strong communication and coordination skills.

Benefits

• Group Health (Medical, Dental, and Vision).
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays.
• 401(k) matching.
• Group Life and Disability insurance.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Wellness programs.
• Variety of other perks.