Lead Test Automation Engineer

Role: Lead Test Automation Engineer
Location: Onsite (Vancouver, BC) Type: Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain test automation strategy and framework for multiple projects.
• Lead, mentor, and train QA engineers on automation best practices, tools, and methodologies.
• Develop automated test scripts using JavaScript / Node.js and integrate them with CI/CD pipelines.
• Analyze test results, report on quality metrics, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Serve as the automation POC for assigned projects, collaborating with product and engineering teams.
• Ensure test automation coverage, debug test failures, and continuously optimize framework performance.
• Drive root cause analysis (RCA) and preventive actions for high-severity issues.

Good to have

• Knowledge on any other tech stack as Java / Python
• Mobile app automation - iOS , Android, Native
• Very Good to have Jest framework, similar framework
• Good knowledge on CI/CD integration and DevOps

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain the overall test automation strategy and framework for various projects and platforms
• Lead, train, and mentor a team of QA engineers on best practices, tools, and methodologies in test automation
• Oversee the design and implementation of automated test scripts using various automation tools and technologies
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous testing and quality
• Analyze and report on test execution progress, test results, and quality metrics to stakeholders.
• Evaluate and recommend new techniques, and methodologies to improve automation efficiency and quality.
• Will be automation Point of Contact ( POC ) for a given scope automation project.
• Coordinate automation efforts with QA team, product and engineering teams.
• Develop code that supports team's automation efforts and goals.
• Take ownership to maintain and enhance automation test code.
• Adhere to best practices and standards to deliver reliable and robust code..
• Identify technical blockers / challenges to do a task. (i.e. as part of exploratory 0->1 efforts).
• Monitor and follow up on the ROI (i.e. health and reliability) for areas under your purview.
• Works effectively with client dedicated parties to increase automation coverage.
• Effectively drive team on issues resolution (i.e. RCA issues, specifically around SEV prevention) with XFNs.
• Debug test failures and test framework issues.
• Deliver plan/updates/status of product automation effectively.
• Communicate/escalate blockers/failures to SDET/product engineers.
• Deliver clear and actionable bug reports.

Looking forward to connecting with you!