Job Description

Location: Bangalore (Hybrid)

Position Overview:We are seeking an experienced Automation Team Lead to guide our automation team in enhancing and implementing automation frameworks. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of automation tools and practices, strong leadership skills to mentor and inspire a small team of talented professionals, and prior experience writing performance tests for distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of automation engineers to deliver high-quality automation solutions.
• Create and maintain reusable automation frameworks for product teams to leverage in their testing efforts.
• Improve existing frameworks utilizing Python, Groovy, and Playwright to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts to enhance software quality assurance and reliability.
• Write performance tests for distributed systems and generate comprehensive reports with benchmarks to assess system performance and capacity.
• Study and automate customer use cases as part of release gate tests, ensuring alignment with real-world scenarios.
• Automate tests and qualify builds before releases, ensuring high-quality standards are maintained.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery and integration of automation projects.
• Collaborate with release managers to integrate automation processes into build, release, and distribution pipelines.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in the industry.
  • At least 5+ years of experience in automation testing, with demonstrable expertise in writing performance tests for distributed systems.
  • At least 2+ years of experience in a leadership or team lead role.
• Strong proficiency with Python, Groovy, and Playwright; familiarity with other automation tools/frameworks like Selenium, Appium, or Cypress is a plus.
• Proven experience in developing and refining automation frameworks and strategies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and with stakeholders at various levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
• Understanding of DevOps concepts and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with contemporary software development methodologies like Agile and Scrum.

Nice to have:

• Experience with artifact management systems (e.g., Artifactory, Nexus).
• Experience with cloud environments and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.