- Lead the automation and quality engineering vision across teams, establishing scalable standards and modern frameworks (Playwright, API-first testing).
- Act as a hands-on technical coach and enabler, improving automation adoption, stability, and execution speed.
- Transform legacy and slow regression models into fast, CI/CD-native, data-driven pipelines.
- Use metrics, observability, and risk-based strategies to drive release confidence.
- Introduce AI-accelerated testing approaches to increase engineering productivity.
- Own quality outcomes end-to-end, from architecture and testability to production validation.
The impact you'll make
- Mentor a team of Automation Engineers, collaborating closely with Products and developers to automate test cases and scenarios effectively.
- Apply coding and programming languages effectively to testing activities, demonstrating a strong understanding of their application.
- Monitor industry-standard metrics and account-specific metrics to adapt internal QA standards accordingly.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality releases with minimal defects.
- Collaborate with the Technical Lead and developers to define and comprehend test requirements.
- Provide accurate estimates, including risk assessment, for effective planning and commitments.
- Manage and assess the testing workload while effectively communicating resource requirements to meet targets.
What you will bring
- Proficient in an object-oriented language, preferably Java or C#.
- Strong hands-on experience in Web and Mobile Automation using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Maven, and TestNG.
- Architect and lead the end-to-end QA strategy for a multi-tenant SaaS retail platform, designing scalable, reusable test case frameworks across POS integrations, payments, inventory, APIs, and cloud-based microservices—ensuring full regression, performance, and automation coverage aligned to rapid release cycles and high-availability standards.
- Knowledge of unit testing, regression testing, integration testing, and compatibility testing.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development processes.
- Proficient in using defect-tracking tools like Jira and Test Management Tools like TestRail.
- Solid understanding of MySQL and proficient in debugging
- Strong experience in mentoring QA engineers.
- Deep hands-on experience with Playwright and TypeScript/JavaScript
- Strong experience in API automation and microservices validation using tools like Jmeter, Postman etc.
- Proven success building or modernizing automation frameworks at scale
- Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines for fast feedback
- Experience implementing AI-assisted testing workflows
- Experience driving automation adoption across multiple teams
- Experience reducing regression execution time through intelligent test strategies
- Performance testing integration into quality strategy
As a member of the KWI team you will receive
- Full Medical, Dental and Vision
- Annual bonus eligible
- Free gym in the building
- Generous PTO policy
- Summer Fridays....all year round
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Discount from building café
- 401(K) with a 50% company match (up to 6% of employee contribution)
- Employee Referral Program
- (1) Volunteer day each year