Lead SDET

Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve automation frameworks and test infrastructure that scale with product growth and complexity.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define quality strategy, KPIs, and guardrails across pods.
• Architect, design, and implement automation solutions for end-to-end testing across UI, APIs, services, and integrations.
• Lead root cause analysis of complex production issues and drive initiatives to prevent recurrence.
• Establish best practices in test data management, mocking/stubbing, contract testing, and observability in QA.
• Drive continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines for faster and more reliable releases.
• Mentor, coach, and upskill SDET1/2s, setting technical direction and reviewing automation design.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and developers to influence design and architecture decisions for testability and resilience.
• Identify gaps in automation or coverage and lead efforts to reduce flakiness, improve coverage, and cut down customer-reported bugs.