Principal QA Automation Architect
- People First
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- Chennai
- 5 days ago
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Job Description
- Define Testing Architecture: Architect and drive the implementation of next-generation automation and performance testing frameworks, ensuring high scalability, robustness, and maintainability across all product lines.
- Best Practices and Standards: Establish and enforce quality engineering best practices, coding standards, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines across the entire testing organization.
- System Integration: Lead technical evaluations and integration of new testing tools and technologies to improve efficiency, coverage, and time-to-market.
- Mentorship and Coaching: Act as a technical mentor and coach for Senior and Lead Engineers, raising the overall technical acumen and quality mindset of the team.
- Deep Expertise in Playwright: Own the design and implementation of robust, resilient end-to-end (E2E) automation frameworks using Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript). Drive innovative solutions for testing complex, single-page applications (SPAs) and micro-frontend architectures.
- Performance Engineering with k6: Establish and execute a comprehensive performance testing strategy. Design and run high-volume load, stress, and spike tests using k6 (or similar modern tools), analyze results, and partner with development teams to identify and resolve critical performance bottlenecks.
- Quality Metrics & Reporting: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for quality, including defect trends, test execution time, and stability, creating automated dashboards for executive visibility.
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in Software Development and Quality Engineering roles, with at least 3 years operating at a Principal Engineer level.
- Educational Background: Bachelors or masters degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Automation Mastery: Expert-level, hands-on experience in building and scaling complex end-to-end automation frameworks, with deep practical knowledge of Playwright.
- Performance Expertise: Proven track record of designing, scripting, and executing large-scale performance and load testing initiatives using k6 or equivalent modern tools (e.g., Gatling, JMeter).
- Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in at least one modern language essential for automation (e.g., TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or Java).
- System Knowledge: Extensive experience with testing complex distributed systems, microservices, cloud environments
- CI/CD: Expertise in integrating automation and performance tests into DevOps pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Experiences: 10 - 15 Years
Notice Period: Immediate Joiner
Mandatory Skills: Automation, Playwright, Performance testing and Architecture experiences.
Job Description:
Architectural and Strategic Leadership
Core Technical Focus Areas
Required Qualifications
Employement Category:
Employement Type: Full timeIndustry: IT Services & ConsultingRole Category: Allied Health ServicesFunctional Area: Not SpecifiedRole/Responsibilies: Principal QA Automation ArchitectContact Details:
Company: People FirstLocation(s): Chennai
Keyskills: qa architect test architect
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About People First (Hiring for client of People First)People First is a niche talent sourcing and learning and development consulting firm in service since 1995. Our vision is to evolve and inspire evolution in organizations and institutions to journey to their ‘next orbit’ in t...
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