Test Automation Lead

Location: This is a 100% remote role open to individuals in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Brazil (Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, and Argentina) etc.

About the job 

Testlio is a leading quality management company. Its unique approach combines humans and machines to help digital innovators assure quality products at scale. On 600K+ real devices. In 100+ languages. With 800+ payment methods. The company is 100% remote, with people in 150+ countries. It is female-founded; 46% of full-time people are women. Clients include Amazon, athenahealth, Match Group, Microsoft, the NBA, Netflix, PayPal, SAP, Uber, Wayfair, and many more. To learn more, visit www.testlio.com.

We're seeking a Test Automation Lead to enhance our automation capabilities, improve existing processes, and mentor team members. This role is crucial in transforming our automation practices and demonstrating value to clients. Click here to learn more about the Delivery team you would join.

Why You’ll Love This Job?

• An opportunity to significantly impact Testlio’s continued growth as a contributor to the Quality Engineering Center of Excellence.
• With a wide variety of customers in Testlio’s portfolio, you will be able to go through situations you can’t find anywhere else - you will be dealing with multiple projects and partnering with a wonderful team to build amazing app experiences for the most exciting companies in the world!
• Chance to work alongside and learn from strongly motivated and experienced co-workers from diverse backgrounds and locations while enjoying the flexibility of a distributed team.
• You will shape the current and future Testlio approach to Automated Testing and work closely with our platform team to imagine and deliver solutions. 

Why would you love to be a part of Testlio?

• A true sense of belonging: the TestLion Pride is a global community of like-minded people living Testlio’s six values daily.
• Enable human possibilities: your work at Testlio has a larger purpose. As a TestLion, you will help our customers create well-built digital experiences for their users and create opportunities for Testlio's freelance network and support social impact programs like Ignite. 
• Great culture: Testlio’s is female-founded, and 46% of the population is women. Our purpose, vision, and values help drive positive mindsets and behaviors—people like working with each other and love the company's global scale. We move fast and empower people on the frontlines to make decisions and own initiatives.
• Investment in you: Testlio is a global company, and we’ve created a few benefits that are available regardless of location. In addition to paid time off, you can reimburse up to $300/yr for learning, you will receive stock options and an equipment policy with Testlio contributing to the bulk of the cost with regular equipment update intervals.

What You’ll Be Doing?

• Lead and improve Test Automation on client engagements, focusing on scalability and maintainability.
• Assess existing automation codebases to evaluate ways to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and implement automation strategies using a variety of frameworks - we work with Playwright, Appium, Selenium, Postman, and others.
• Integrate automation into DevOps pipelines.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor team members.
• Create and execute automation roadmaps.
• Perform automation audits and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with clients to drive strategic automated testing solutions.
• Educate and influence team members on automation best practices.
• Contribute to the Quality Engineering Center of Excellence.

What You Need to Succeed?

Technical skills:

• 5+ years of test automation experience.
• 3+ years leading Test Automation teams.
• Experience developing and maintaining Appium frameworks.
• Experience developing and maintaining Playwright frameworks
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Python
• Experience with web and mobile application testing.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD integration for test automation.
• Track record of improving and maintaining legacy automation suites.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work with diverse frameworks and programming languages.

Human skills:

• Outstanding communication skills in English.
• Experience working with external clients.
• Adaptable and quick learner.
• Strong mentor and teacher.
• Influential communicator.
• Team player with cross-cultural sensitivity.

What is the Candidate Consideration Process?

We do our best to bring on individuals who will be excited about their role and have the potential for a great future with Testlio. Since we are 100% distributed, we give you a chance to meet with multiple people throughout the organization to provide you with an idea of who you would be working with and what the role expectations will be. Our interview process can take about 3 to 4 weeks to complete. 

• Application
• Recruiter interview 
• TestGorilla multipart assessment
• Live Technical Skills Demonstration
• Reference checks
• ~3 Hiring Manager and Stakeholder interviews
• Offer & Background check

Diversity and Inclusion

Testlio is an equal-opportunity employer deeply committed to creating an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are female-founded, and 46% of our team members identify as women. For more information, see the DEI section of our website.