Technical Lead - Test Automation

Key Responsibilities

• Understand client goals for test automation and centralized COE objectives.
• Understand Gradera’s TestPhi platform capabilities, vision & be in awareness of the continuously evolving roadmap.
• Assess current test automation initiatives, tool stack, processes & methodologies, at client.
• Collaborate with client to design the future state for enterprise-grade test-automation framework and operating model, leveraging Gradera’s TestPhi platform.
• Implement a pilot using Gradera’s TestPhi platform, configure and enhance.
• Lead and scale implementation phase to at least 80% test coverage.
• Define blueprint for enterprise test automation foundation, including Test data management, tool integration, CI/CD, process orchestration, quality management, reporting & governance.
• Act as a technical beacon for the implementation team, performing hands-on automation tasks, conducting rigorous script reviews and setting the standard for quality engineering.
• Monitor and model the maintenance plan for maximum up-time and efficiency of the test automation solution.
• Create adoption strategy and intake process, to automate testing for other enterprise applications as part of long-term roadmap.
• Contribute to platform development within Gradera, as needed.

Required Qualifications

• At least 8 years of professional experience in Software Quality Engineering successfully deploying test automation solutions in Enterprise environments.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience with Playwright web test automation, including headless, automated test generation, and Playwright native agents.
• At least 2 years of experience working with UiPath, automating tests & processes.
• Must-have experience designing & implementing test automation for Enterprise commercial applications, Oracle ERP products or equivalent.
• Proven ability to work independently and lead software quality initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Experience operating in a Testing COE model, enabling software teams for automated testing, governance, standardization.
• Experience defining quality standards & best practices, detailed review of automation tools/technologies.
• Expert-level experience in Test data management, configuring for different line of businesses & environments.
• Experience resolving test flakiness, increasing test execution success rate.
• Experience defining approach to increasing overall test coverage – UI, API and integration tests.
• Experience leading & participating different test cycles such as UAT, SIT.
• Experience integrating automated tests as part of the DevOps, CI/CD process, with Azure DevOps.
• Experience creating quality reports in Grafana, Allure or equivalent technologies.
• Experience with mobile app test automation technologies.
• Strong experience with BDD, designing solutions that leverage the BDD concepts, Gherkin format, working with business to adopt BDD practices.

Additional Qualifications

• Industry Experience: Experience in Energy & Utilities domain and understanding of B2B and B2C businesses process in this domain is a significant value-add.

Compensation Range

$120K - $150K