Associate Technical Architect - QA - Automation

While technology is the heart of our business, a global and diverse culture is the heart of our success. We love our people and we take pride in catering them to a culture built on transparency, diversity, integrity, learning and growth. If working in an environment that encourages you to innovate and excel, not just in professional but personal life, interests you- you would enjoy your career with Quantiphi! ****Role:** Test Lead – Automation** ****Experience:** 10+ years** ****Location:** Mumbai/Bangalore (Hybrid)** ****Key Responsibilities:**** ****Automation Strategy & Framework Development**** * Define and implement automation strategy across UI, API, data, and integration testing * Design and develop scalable, reusable automation frameworks * Establish automation standards, best practices, and governance * Drive adoption of automation-first testing approach across projects ****Automation Delivery & Execution**** * Lead end-to-end automation implementation across client engagements * Identify automation candidates and prioritize regression coverage * Ensure integration of automation suites with CI/CD pipelines * Drive parallel execution, performance optimization, and stability of test suites ****Accelerators & IP Development**** * Build reusable automation accelerators, libraries, and utilities * Contribute to organization-wide QA frameworks and toolkits * Develop solutions for: * Test data management * Test orchestration * Reporting and analytics * Enable faster onboarding and delivery through reusable assets ****Technical Leadership & Mentoring**** * Mentor and guide junior automation engineers and testers * Conduct code reviews and enforce automation best practices * Drive capability building and upskilling within the QA team * Promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement ****Stakeholder Management & Collaboration**** * Work closely with clients, developers, DevOps, and product teams * Translate business requirements into automation solutions * Provide regular updates, insights, and recommendations to stakeholders * Act as a trusted advisor on quality engineering and automation ****CI/CD & DevOps Integration**** * Integrate automation frameworks with tools like * Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI * Implement quality gates and continuous testing practices * Enable shift-left and shift-right testing strategies ****Innovation & Emerging Capabilities**** * Drive adoption of AI/GenAI in test automation * Test case generation * Self-healing automation * Intelligent test selection * Explore and implement modern tools such as Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium * Continuously improve frameworks with latest industry practices **Must have skills:** ****Technical Skills**** * Strong experience in test automation frameworks (UI & API) * Hands-on with tools like Playwright, Selenium, Cypress * Experience with API testing tools such as Postman, Rest Assured, Requests * Programming skills in Java / JavaScript / Python * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices * Cloud & Modern Engineering * Experience with AWS services such as: Compute, storage, and serverless architectures * CI/CD and deployment pipelines * Exposure to containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) ****Leadership & Soft Skills**** * Strong team leadership and mentoring experience * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills * Ability to drive automation transformation initiatives * Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking ****Nice to have skills**** * Experience in data testing or ETL validation * Exposure to AI-driven testing approaches *  Good understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-based systems * Cloud & Modern Engineering _If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us__!_