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Job description

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Software Engineer in Test Consultant to drive quality engineering initiatives. This role combines hands-on test automation development with contractor team leadership responsibilities. The consultant will review project requirements, design and implement automated integration tests using Playwright, and serve as the primary quality engineering lead for contractor-delivered testing services. The ideal candidate possesses strong software engineering and automation expertise, can independently translate requirements into comprehensive test coverage, and has experience managing, mentoring, and evaluating testing resources within a consulting or contractor organization.

A day in this role_

• Analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and technical design documents to identify testing requirements and automation opportunities.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated integration and end-to-end test suites using Playwright and TypeScript.
• Establish test strategies, automation standards, and quality engineering best practices.
• Validate complex business workflows, system integrations, APIs, and user interfaces.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and architecture teams to ensure testability and quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Investigate defects, identify root causes, and provide actionable recommendations to development teams.
• Lead and coordinate testing activities performed by contractor resources assigned to projects.
• Assess contractor performance, technical capabilities, and quality of deliverables.
• Conduct technical evaluations and interviews for proposed contractor resources.
• Recommend staffing adjustments, resource substitutions, and skill alignment based on project needs and performance.
• Mentor and guide test engineers to improve delivery quality and consistency.
• Establish productivity, quality, and automation standards for contractor teams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for quality engineering delivery and resource effectiveness.
• Provide regular status reporting, risk assessments, and recommendations to project leadership.

The expertise requested_

• Strong experience developing automated tests using Playwright.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern web application testing.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into automated test scenarios.
• Experience leading technical teams, mentoring engineers, or coordinating contractor resources.
• Strong understanding of API testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing strategies.
• Experience working within Agile development environments.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

Desired Skills_

• Experience managing consulting or contractor-based delivery teams.
• Experience evaluating technical talent and participating in staffing decisions.
• Familiarity GitHub Actions.
• Experience with cloud-native applications and microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of test framework architecture and automation governance.

Our Core values are focus to inclusion and diversity, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment and will go thru a fair recruitment process regardless of their race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status.

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