Java Selenium Testing Lead- Mid Level

Java Selenium Testing Lead- Mid Level

• Experience leading QA teams or acting as a test/automation lead across multiple releases. • Expertise in building reusable automation components, applying design patterns, and improving framework maintainability. • Experience with test execution and reporting practices that improve visibility and decision-making for releases. • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence quality outcomes across cross-functional teams. • Exposure to performance and API testing concepts and integrating automation into modern delivery pipelines. Strong hands-on experience with Playwright (minimum 3 years) for UI test automation, including test creation, execution, and maintenance. • Proficiency in TypeScript (or strong JavaScript with willingness to work in TypeScript) for writing clean, modular, and reusable test automation code. • Solid understanding of automation testing concepts including test design techniques, test data management, and defect lifecycle. • Lead QA strategy and execution across projects, ensuring robust automated testing coverage and release readiness. • Design, develop, and maintain Java-based Selenium automation frameworks aligned with best practices and long-term scalability. • Define test plans, test cases, and automation suites for functional, regression, and smoke testing across applications. • Review automation code, enforce quality standards, and drive improvements in test design, stability, and execution speed. • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to clarify requirements, identify risks early, and ensure testability of features. • Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, and provide clear defect reports with reproducible steps and evidence. • Mentor and guide QA engineers, supporting skill development, task planning, and consistent delivery across the team. • Track quality metrics and communicate status, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders in a timely manner. Design and implement automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript for web and API testing, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and reusability. • Develop, execute, and maintain automated test suites for functional, regression, smoke, and integration testing across multiple applications and environments. • Collaborate with cross functional teams (developers, product owners, business analysts) to understand requirements, define acceptance criteria, and translate them into effective automated test scenarios. • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflows, ensuring fast feedback and reliable build quality gates. • Perform API testing using Rest Assured or equivalent tools, validating request/response flows, status codes, and data integrity. • Conduct database testing by writing and executing queries to validate data consistency, transformations, and back-end logic.