QA Tech Lead

About the role

A hands-on technical lead who owns test automation strategy and execution, writes and maintains automated tests, and guides the team's automation direction while reporting to the Director of Engineering.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor automation engineers and give technical guidance to the wider testing team
• Define a risk-based test strategy with clear criteria for automated, manual, and skipped tests
• Own automation test plans and standards across all product releases
• Create quality metrics, KPIs, and dashboards and report progress and blockers to engineering leadership
• Develop automated tests for system, integration, regression, and API testing and grow coverage

What they look for

• Experience leading test automation initiatives and mentoring automation engineers
• Hands-on ability to write and maintain automated tests
• Ability to define test scope, objectives, success criteria, and resource estimates with stakeholders
• Strong collaboration with development, product, design, and support teams across time zones