Automation and QA Principal Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Automation and QA Principal Lead based in India.

• Architect, design, and implement scalable test automation frameworks from the ground up, aligned with project and product requirements.
• Assess existing automation suites and lead their modernization and migration to Playwright and other appropriate technologies.
• Develop automated functional UI tests as well as API and service-level tests to provide comprehensive test coverage.
• Design, maintain, and continuously expand automated testing infrastructure to improve reliability, scalability, and execution efficiency.
• Integrate automated testing solutions into CI/CD pipelines and development workflows to support continuous quality validation.
• Define and document automation frameworks, coding standards, design patterns, testing methodologies, and engineering best practices.
• Establish and enforce code-quality standards through peer reviews, ensuring automation solutions remain maintainable, consistent, and scalable.
• Define meaningful quality metrics and implement measurement frameworks to evaluate test effectiveness, testing efficiency, and overall product quality.
• Analyze test results and provide clear conclusions and reporting on product quality, risks, and readiness.
• Collaborate with QA and engineering teams to identify manual testing processes that can be effectively automated.
• Identify, assess, manage, and mitigate testing risks throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Leverage AI development tools, including Claude, to accelerate test-script creation, maintenance, optimization, and automation productivity.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to QA and testing teams on automation strategy, frameworks, tools, and best practices.
• Support the onboarding and technical enablement of new team members, helping them understand project-specific automation practices and standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across quality engineering, automation infrastructure, and delivery processes.
• Promote consistent Agile testing practices while collaborating with distributed stakeholders and maintaining approximately four hours of overlap with Central US working hours.

• 8+ years of professional experience in QA automation, with strong expertise in web and backend/API testing.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building automation frameworks from scratch and establishing scalable automation architectures.
• Hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks such as PlaywrightJS, PuppeteerJS, or WebdriverIO, with strong Playwright knowledge highly valued.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools, particularly Claude, to accelerate automation script creation, maintenance, and optimization.
• Excellent understanding of software testing methods, techniques, test types, methodologies, and quality engineering principles.
• Strong experience creating test documentation, including test strategies, test plans, and other quality-related documentation.
• Experience integrating automated test reporting solutions such as Allure or similar tools.
• Practical experience with BDD, ATDD, and TDD approaches.
• Experience with at least one JavaScript test runner such as JasmineJS, MochaJS, Jest, AVA, or Playwright.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript programming concepts, including the event loop model, asynchronous execution, programming patterns, and principles.
• Good understanding of CSS and XPath selector syntax.
• Extensive experience with CI/CD processes and tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket CI/CD, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, or similar platforms.
• Strong experience with version control systems, particularly Git; knowledge of SVN or other systems is an advantage.
• Good knowledge of AWS and/or Azure DevOps services.
• Good knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and Kanban, with experience working in Agile development environments.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, risk-management, and technical decision-making skills.
• Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency or above, with excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams and maintain approximately four hours of overlap with the Central US region.
• Experience or knowledge of .NET and Java is an advantage.

• 100% remote working opportunity from anywhere in India.
• Opportunity to work on large-scale, globally impactful technology and engineering projects.
• Exposure to modern automation, Playwright, AI-assisted development, cloud technologies, and CI/CD practices.
• Opportunity to influence automation architecture, quality engineering standards, and testing strategy.
• Collaborative environment with experienced professionals.