• Design and maintain enterprise-level automation frameworks for Web and API applications.
• Standardize test structure across teams using tools like Selenium, Playwright, and JMeter.
• Integrate AI/ML-based solutions to enhance test coverage, flakiness detection, and test prioritization.
• Collaborate with developers to shift quality left and improve unit and integration test coverage.
• Establish a strategy for transitioning legacy and manual test suites into fully automated execution.
• Embed test automation into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins).
• Define and monitor quality gates, enabling rapid feedback on code quality.
• Work with DevOps and Engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of automated tests in deployment workflows.
• Lead test strategy planning across regression, exploratory, integration, non-functional, and AI-based testing efforts.
• Define and enforce QE standards, tools, and reporting structures.
• Drive governance to ensure performance and security tests are integrated where applicable.
• Coach and mentor Test Automation and Performance Engineers in scalable, maintainable automation and AI-enhanced testing practices.
• Promote a quality-first mindset and continuous improvement across QA and development teams.
• Review automation code and practices to ensure consistency, efficiency, and reliability.
• Define automation KPIs including test coverage, pass rates, execution time, and bug leakage rate.
• Provide data-driven reports and trend analysis to Engineering and Leadership teams.
• Enhance test observability through structured logging, dashboards, and test analytics.

Requirements:

• Scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks integrated across eCommerce and back-office platforms.
• CI/CD pipelines with robust quality gates and AI-augmented test execution.
• Defined QE standards and processes with consistent adoption across teams.
• Measurable improvements in test efficiency, coverage, and defect detection.
• Strong mentorship culture and collaborative partnerships across engineering groups