Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

About Role :

AcmeMinds is building a new Core Automation Engineering Team to drive excellence in test automation architecture, frameworks, and tooling across multiple product lines for global clients.

We are looking for a Senior Team Lead Core Automation Engineering, a hands-on technical leader who will architect centralized automation solutions, define best practices, and guide a high-performing team of automation engineers.

This is a foundational leadership role, reporting to QA leadership, and will play a pivotal part in enabling scalable, maintainable, and reusable automation systems across our engineering organization and client engagements.

Key Responsibilities :

- Technical Leadership: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of centralized test automation frameworks that support multiple teams and client projects.

- Architecture & Best Practices: Define automation architecture, coding standards, and QA best practices to be adopted across the organization.

- Component Reusability: Build modular, reusable libraries and components to accelerate automated testing across teams.

- Innovation & Tools: Evaluate emerging tools/technologies, conduct PoCs, and recommend solutions aligned with AcmeMinds client automation strategy.

- Mentorship & Reviews: Mentor automation engineers, conduct code/design reviews, and ensure high-quality deliverables.

- Collaboration: Partner with QA, DevOps, and development teams to integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and ensure smooth adoption.

- Documentation & Enablement: Oversee framework documentation and onboarding materials for seamless adoption by new and

existing teams.

Required Skills and Experience :

- 5+ years of experience in QA automation or software development

- Deep expertise in test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cucumber, Telerik, Appium)

- Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python(good to have)

- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

- Knowledge of test design patterns, test data management, and service virtualization

- Strong understanding of microservices and distributed system automation

- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to Have :

- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)

- Exposure to performance or security testing frameworks

- Experience setting up test environments in CI/CD pipelines

What We Offer :

- An opportunity to define and build foundational automation systems at scale

- A collaborative, fast-paced, and innovation-driven environment

- A chance to work on cutting-edge automation projects with global clients

Why Join us?