We are looking for a Lead QA Test Automation Engineer to lead quality initiatives while remaining highly hands-on with test automation and execution.

In this role, you will lead a team of approximately 3–4 QA Engineers, helping organize sprint activities, develop testing strategies, coordinate regression testing, and support the onboarding and mentoring of QA team members.

This is a hands-on leadership role, with approximately 60–70% of your time focused on individual technical contributions. You’ll also help advance automation practices and the adoption of AI-powered testing tools, including Claude Code.

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What You’ll Do

QA & Test Automation

- Develop and execute test plans, test scripts, and procedures to ensure product quality before release.
- Perform both manual and automated testing.
- Identify, analyze, and report defects with clear steps to reproduce.
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts primarily using Claude Code, as well as Selenium WebDriver and/or Playwright.
- Continuously improve test automation frameworks and tools.
- Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to improve automation code.
- Use AI-powered test generation tools to accelerate test case creation, reduce manual scripting, and increase test coverage.
- Apply prompt engineering techniques when using AI coding assistants to write, debug, and refactor test automation code.

QA Leadership

- Lead a team of approximately 3–4 QA Engineers while remaining hands-on.
- Develop the test strategy for assigned Scrum team(s).
- Organize, plan, and assign QA activities and testing efforts within each sprint.
- Lead regression testing and release readiness, providing structure, visibility,



and coordination across teams.
- Support the onboarding, mentoring, and ramp-up of QA team members.
- Drive improvements in QA processes, automation, and the use of AI in testing practices.
- Collaborate closely with developers and product managers to understand user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Continue contributing directly to testing and automation while providing leadership and structure to the QA function.

Qualifications and requirements

- 7–10+ years of experience as a Test Automation Engineer.
- Previous experience leading a QA team.
- Experience onboarding and mentoring QA Engineers.
- Experience organizing QA activities and test plans within Agile/Scrum sprints.
- Experience leading regression testing and supporting release readiness.
- Strong hands-on experience with Selenium and/or Playwright.
- Experience developing and maintaining test automation frameworks.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, or C# for building test automation tools and frameworks.
- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools.
- Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, processes, and tools.
- Experience with both manual and automated testing.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development processes.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.




- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

AI & Automation

We are particularly interested in candidates who can help advance the use of AI within QA, including:

- Experience using Claude for agentic testing.
- Experience with Claude Code for test automation.
- AI-powered test generation.
- Prompt engineering for AI coding assistants.
- AI-assisted writing, debugging, and refactoring of test automation code.
- Using AI to increase test coverage and improve efficiency across manual and automated testing workflows.

Desirable skills

- Expertise in leveraging AI-powered tools and methodologies to increase testing efficiency across both manual and automated testing workflows.
- Strong understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
- Experience with both manual and automated testing tools, such as Selenium, Playwright, JIRA, or similar.
- Knowledge of Python, Java, or C# for building test automation tools and frameworks.

Benefits

- Contrato a largo plazo.
- 100% Remoto.
- Vacaciones y PTOs
- Posibilidad de recibir 2 bonos al año.
- 2 revisiones salariales al año.
- Clases de inglés.
- Equipamiento Apple.
- Plataforma de cursos en linea
- Budget para compra de libros.
- Budget para compra de materiales de trabajo
- mucho mas..

GETONBRD Job ID: 64941

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Política de teletrabajo

Remoto sólo localmente

El trabajo es 100% remoto, pero los candidatos deben residir en Argentina, Colombia, México o Costa Rica para postular.

📌 Lead QA Test Automation Engineer (México)
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📍 México