Automation Test Lead

**Company Description**
Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.

By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.

From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

**Responsibilities**:

- Create comprehensive and well-structured test plans, test cases, and test scripts aligned with project requirements and functional specifications.- Define the test automation strategy and approach, including framework capabilities, tool comparison, standard metrics, success and start/stop criteria.
- Lead the development and implementation of test automation frameworks and scripts.
- Execute automated and manual testing activities, encompassing functional, regression, system, and usability testing, to validate the software’s functionality, performance, and user experience.
- Participate in requirement and design reviews to provide early feedback on potential quality risks and contribute to the overall software development process.
- Provide timely and accurate status updates on testing progress, test coverage, and test results to the project team and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to facilitate knowledge sharing and continuous improvement of testing processes and methodologies.
- Provide mentorship and professional development on testing for less experienced engineers internally and client-side.**Qualifications**
- +8 years of experience
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
- Strong knowledge and experience in Automated testing.
- Strong knowledge and experience in Web Services/API testing (REST API).
- Proficient in scripting and programming languages based on OOP.
- Solid understanding of OOP principles.
- Solid understanding and experience in Python.
- Solid understanding of a software development life cycle (SDLC) and testing methodologies (e.g., black-box testing, white-box testing, regression testing).
- Solid understanding of a product discovery phase, driving initial communication with a client and collecting and analysing information about a product.
- Experience in creating comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
- Experience in developing test automation frameworks from scratch and leading execution.
- Expert in executing automated and manual test cases and accurately documenting test results.
- Familiarity with bug tracking systems and experience in defect identification, reporting, and tracking.
- Knowledge with Azure/AWS DevOps pipelines to set up automated builds and enable CI/CD.
- Language agnostic and comfortable with a variety of scripting languages and domains.
- Desirable: ISTQB Certification or other relevant certifications.

**Additional Information**
Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

- ** Finance**: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
- ** Career Development**: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
- ** Learning Opportunities**:Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
- ** Work-Life Balance**: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
- ** Health**: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
- ** Community**: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.
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