Automation QA Team Lead

Join a leading financial organization and take a key role in leading and advancing its QA Automation domain. As a QA Automation Team Lead, you will lead automation activities across complex systems, drive testing projects end-to-end, and play a central role in implementing AI-driven solutions to improve and innovate automation processes.

We are looking for an experienced automation professional with a strong development background, hands-on expertise across UI, Mobile, API, and Performance testing, and proven experience implementing AI solutions within automation processes.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and manage QA Automation activities and define automation work plans
• Take ownership of automated testing across development and production environments
• Lead UI, Mobile, REST API, and Performance automation testing
• Work with Microservices-based and distributed architectures
• Lead projects from the automation and testing perspective
• Drive the implementation and adoption of AI solutions within automation processes
• Build and develop AI-driven testing capabilities from the ground up
• Promote technological innovation and continuously improve automation processes, tools, and methodologies
• Collaborate with development teams and multiple stakeholders across the organization
• Drive execution while maintaining high standards of quality, performance, and reliability

Qualifications:

• 3-4 years of relevant professional experience – Must
• 3+ years of hands-on software development experience – Must; Java is preferred
• Hands-on experience implementing AI solutions within automation processes – Must
• Experience with UI test automation – Must; Playwright is an advantage
• Experience with Mobile Automation using Appium – Must
• Experience with REST API testing – Must
• Experience with CI/CD processes – Must; Azure DevOps is an advantage
• Hands-on experience with performance and load testing using JMeter – Must
• Experience leading projects from the QA Automation and testing perspective – Must
• Experience working with Microservices and distributed architectures
• Experience with Git and modern software development methodologies
• Experience building and leading AI-based automation solutions from scratch within an organization – Significant advantage
• Experience working with senior management – Advantage
• Experience driving employees and stakeholders in a matrix environment – Advantage
• Strong system-level thinking, analytical skills, and attention to detail
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Strategic and innovative mindset, strong execution capabilities, and the ability to independently learn and adopt new technologies