Automation Test Lead - Selenium / Playwright Testing

Position summary :

As a Software Development Lead, you will design, develop, and configure software systems end-to-end or for specific stages of the product lifecycle.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business goals and client requirements.

The role combines hands-on delivery, technical leadership, and people management, with a strong emphasis on automated testing and quality engineering.

Key responsibilities :

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide technical leadership for the team.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams to define, plan, and deliver features.
• Make and own team-level decisions related to design, delivery and technical trade-offs.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites and testing frameworks for functional, integration, regression and performance testing.
• Drive adoption of test automation best practices and ensure tests are integrated into CI / CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and provide robust solutions to technical challenges across multiple teams.
• Mentor and coach team members, facilitate knowledge sharing, and grow technical capability within the team.
• Monitor project progress, track quality metrics, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives and delivery timelines.
• Promote engineering best practices including code review, continuous integration, automated testing, observability, and secure coding.

Professional & technical skills (required) :

(ref : hirist.tech)