Smart Working

QA Automation Lead

Smart Working

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: India

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AndroidCypressiOSJavaJavaScriptKotlinPythonSeleniumTypeScript

About the role

  • Define and drive the QA automation strategy, improving framework quality, test coverage, and overall automation maturity
  • Lead, mentor, and support a team of QA engineers, providing both technical guidance and hands-on contribution
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable UI and end-to-end automation frameworks
  • Improve and optimise automated test execution within CI/CD pipelines to ensure fast, reliable feedback
  • Drive a risk-based testing approach, making informed decisions on test prioritisation, coverage, and trade-offs
  • Shape a balanced testing strategy across UI, mobile, API/service-level, and manual testing layers
  • Lead end-to-end testing efforts across mobile applications (iOS/Android) and backend services
  • Evaluate where UI automation is valuable vs where API or service-level testing provides better efficiency and stability
  • Manage bug tracking, triage, and failure analysis, providing clear reporting on quality metrics and risks
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and platform teams to improve testability and quality standards
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tooling, and ways of working
  • Support expansion into non-functional testing areas such as performance, load, and (longer term) security

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in QA / Test Automation, delivering automation in production environments
  • Experience in a QA leadership or mentoring role, with responsibility for guiding engineers and shaping QA direction
  • Proven ability to define and evolve automation strategy, not just implement individual automated tests
  • Strong foundation in manual QA, including exploratory and regression testing, with sound judgment on what should and should not be automated
  • Experience designing, building, or improving UI and end-to-end automation frameworks
  • Experience working with modern UI automation tools (e.g. Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, WebdriverIO or similar)
  • Experience with mobile testing and/or automation (iOS/Android), ideally in business-critical environments
  • Strong understanding of risk-based testing and how to optimise coverage, speed, and confidence
  • Ability to lead a team (approx. 4 engineers) while remaining hands-on and technically credible
  • Experience with API / service-level testing and a solid understanding of test pyramid principles
  • Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with defect management, bug triage, and QA reporting
  • Strong collaboration skills with engineering, product, and platform teams
  • Familiarity with automation languages such as TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, or Kotlin (TypeScript preferred)
  • Experience working in modern product engineering environments with evolving systems and priorities
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate in complex environments
Benefits
  • Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter)
  • No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words
  • Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided
  • Support That Matters:Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared
  • True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
QA automationtest automationUI automation frameworksend-to-end automation frameworksrisk-based testingAPI testingservice-level testingdefect managementbug triageautomation languages
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingjudgmenttechnical guidancecontinuous improvementcommunicationhands-on contributionstrategic thinking