Logo for Turtle Trax S.A.

SDET team lead

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering and Test Automation with a proven track record of improving automation.
  • Deep understanding of modern software architecture, including microservices, containerization (Docker), and cloud-native environments.
  • Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Python, Java, TypeScript, or C#) with a focus on clean, scalable code.
  • Extensive experience with automation tools (Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Postman, or RestAssured) and performance engineering using tools like k6, JMeter, or Locust.

Requirements:

  • Lead and coordinate day-to-day activities for the Mexico-based SDET team, ensuring alignment on deliverables and local operational needs, and collaborate with distributed teams across time zones.
  • Analyze and architect technical test solutions for complex user stories, ensuring deep coverage for integration points and distributed systems.
  • Refine and extend existing automation frameworks to be modular, scalable, and accessible for the wider engineering team; expand API automation coverage.
  • Perform root-cause analysis on complex defects, provide detailed technical insights and automated reproduction scripts, and drive technical gap analysis to improve testability.

Job description

Job Expectations:

● Lead and coordinate day-to-day activities for the Mexico-based SDET team, ensuring

alignment on deliverables and local operational needs.

● Coordinate with distributed teams across different time zones to ensure testing

strategies are synchronized and project goals are met.

● Analyze and architect technical test solutions for complex user stories, ensuring deep

coverage for integration points and distributed systems.

● Optimize and refactor existing automated regression suites to maximize reliability,

reduce execution time, and eliminate flakiness.

● Refine and extend existing automation frameworks, ensuring they remain modular,

scalable, and accessible for the wider engineering team.

● Directly expand API automation coverage, implementing robust validation for

microservices, data integrity, and cross-service communication.

● Perform deep-dive technical analysis to refactor automation code and keep it aligned

with evolving application architecture.

● Implement and maintain automated performance as integrated components of the

continuous delivery pipeline.

● Execute root cause analysis on complex defects, providing developers with detailed

technical insights and automated reproduction scripts.

● Drive technical gap analysis to identify untested code paths and proactively implement

solutions to improve overall system testability.

● Partner with Dev and Product to provide technical feedback on requirements, ensuring

acceptance criteria are precise and technically sound.

● Own the technical scaling of automation solutions, ensuring they support high-speed

execution across multiple environments.

● Provide technical expertise during sprint grooming and bug triage to ensure complex

defects are understood and prioritized correctly.

● Own and execute special technical projects, such as upgrading test infrastructure or

optimizing CI/CD workflows.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

● Deep understanding of modern software architecture, including microservices,

containerization (Docker), and cloud-native environments.

● High proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Python, Java,

TypeScript, or C#) with a focus on writing clean, scalable code.

● Advanced knowledge of industry-standard test design patterns and the ability to apply

them effectively to existing UI and API frameworks.

● Extensive experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Selenium, Appium,

Postman, or RestAssured.

● Solid experience in performance engineering using tools like k6, JMeter, or Locust to

identify system bottlenecks.

● Advanced proficiency with CI/CD orchestration tools (like Harness, BitBucket, or

Jenkins) to optimize automated release cycles.

● High comfort level with cloud-based testing infrastructure like SauceLabs, BrowserStack,

or AWS Device Farm.

● Strong technical analytical skills, the ability to interpret complex specs and discover edge

cases through deep exploration of software behaviors.

● Expert technical communication skills, with the ability to translate complex quality risks

into actionable engineering tasks.

● Proven leadership ability in managing day-to-day operations for local teams and

coordinating with distributed stakeholders while providing technical mentorship to

improve coding standards.

Experience Requirements:

● Generally eight (8) plus years of experience in Software Engineering and Test

Automation, with a proven track record of significantly improving existing automation

ADVANCED ENGLISH

REMOTE

QA Tester Related jobs

Other jobs at Turtle Trax S.A.

We help you get seen. Not ignored.

We help you get seen faster — by the right people.

🚀

Auto-Apply

We apply for you — automatically and instantly.

Save time, skip forms, and stay on top of every opportunity. Because you can't get seen if you're not in the race.

AI Match Feedback

Know your real match before you apply.

Get a detailed AI assessment of your profile against each job posting. Because getting seen starts with passing the filters.

Upgrade to Premium. Apply smarter and get noticed.

Upgrade to Premium

Join thousands of professionals who got noticed and hired faster.