Lead QA Engineer

About the role

Lead QA Engineer at VML Enterprise Solutions, responsible for technical leadership on complex engagements, architecting automation frameworks, solving hard technical problems, driving shift‑left practices, mentoring QA engineers, innovating with AI tools, communicating with senior stakeholders, and contributing to QA community.

What you’ll do

• Lead QA on complex engagements, owning test strategy
• Architect, build, evolve automation frameworks
• Solve hard technical problems: test architecture, flaky tests, CI/CD, environment
• Set technical direction for QA: tooling, approach, structure
• Drive shift‑left practices, embed quality early
• Design & execute test strategies across UI, functional, integration, API, accessibility, regression
• Mentor & elevate QA engineers
• Innovate with AI tools, explore next QA approaches
• Communicate technical recommendations & trade‑offs to clients & teams
• Participate in client forums: demos, triage, release calls, discussions
• Contribute to QA community knowledge sharing

What you’ll bring

• Proven automation architecture and problem‑solving track record
• Tested complex transactional environments
• Playwright & TypeScript expertise
• Built frameworks from scratch
• Full‑stack experience: Web, Native, API, backend, logs, data
• AI‑tool proficiency: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf
• CI/CD knowledge
• Agile scrum experience on multi‑stream deliveries
• Strong client communication skills
• Continuous learner, experimental, evolving
• Pragmatic, delivery‑focused, tech‑challenge driven

Nice to have

• Built AI‑powered testing capabilities
• Passionate QA specialism
• Distributed team experience
• Tooling/frameworks/knowledge sharing contributions

Skills