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US_East | Software Developer - Testing Tools/Automation/Performance _L1
Datum Software, Inc
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- On-site
- Staff / Principal
- 1 day ago
- Test Automation
- Playwright
- End-to-End Testing
- Agile
- Selenium
- CI/CD
- triage
- Scrum
- Postman
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
- Jenkins
- Jira
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- SQL
1 day ago
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Job Description
We are seeking an experiencedTest Automation Lead with strong expertise in Playwright to lead end-to-end testing activities, develop automation frameworks, and ensure software quality across multiple releases. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, hands-on automation experience, and expertise in Agile testing methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
Test Strategy & Planning
- Own and drive the overall test strategy, test planning, and execution across multiple releases.
- Define testing scope, approach, objectives, and quality metrics.
- Ensure compliance with QA standards, best practices, and governance processes.
- Lead and contribute to the design, development, and implementation of test automation frameworks.
- Drive automation coverage for UI, API, and regression testing.
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright.
- Experience with Selenium or similar automation frameworks is a plus.
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
- Oversee functional, regression, integration, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support activities.
- Review test cases, automation scripts, and testing artifacts to ensure quality and completeness.
- Manage defect triage, prioritization, root cause analysis, tracking, and resolution.
- Ensure timely defect closure and maintain overall product quality.
- Lead, mentor, and manage onshore and offshore QA teams.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers, Scrum Masters, and other Test Leads.
- Provide daily and weekly test status reports, dashboards, and test closure reports.
- Ensure effective communication with stakeholders regarding testing progress, risks, and quality metrics.
- Identify gaps in testing processes and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Promote shift-left testing practices, an automation-first mindset, and early defect detection.
- Improve testing efficiency, automation coverage, and overall quality assurance processes.
- 10+ years of experience in software testing and quality engineering.
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in a Test Lead or QA Lead role.
- 3–5 years of experience in web application testing.
- Strong hands-on experience in test automation framework design and implementation.
- Playwright experience is highly preferred.
- Experience with Selenium or similar automation tools is a plus.
- Experience with API testing tools such as Postman and REST clients.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
- Proficiency with test management and defect tracking tools such as JIRA and Azure DevOps.
- Basic knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript for Playwright automation.
- Experience with database testing and SQL queries.
- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
- Strong leadership, mentoring, and team management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced, multi-release environments.
“All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.”
US_East | Software Developer - Testing Tools/Automation/Performance _L1 · Datum Software, Inc