Test Lead

6–8 years in automation testing, including at least 2 years in a lead or senior individual contributor role with informal team supervision. • Strong hands-on proficiency Playwright. • Experience automating MS Dynamics CRM-based banking applications at the UI and API level. • Working knowledge of CI/CD tooling (Jenkins/Azure DevOps/GitLab) and test management tools (JIRA, Zephyr/qTest). • Demonstrated ability to plan and allocate work across a small automation team. • Client-facing communication experience, including status reporting and defect triage discussions. • A minimum of 2 years of banking domain project experience. • Own sprint-level automation planning, including scoping, estimation, and task allocation across a pod of Automation Engineers. • Lead hands-on development of complex automation scripts in Python and Java, and review scripts built by the team for framework compliance. • Extend and maintain automation coverage for MS Dynamics CRM-based banking workflows across UI and API layers. • Coordinate with the Automation Architect on framework enhancements and represent the pod in framework governance discussions. • Act as the first point of contact for client stakeholders on automation status, defect trends, and sprint-level risks. • Drive CI/CD pipeline health for the automation suite, including flaky test triage and execution stability. • Mentor and upskill Automation Engineers and Sr. Automation Engineers, and support onboarding of new team members. • Introduce AI-led automation practices, such as AI-assisted script generation and self-healing locators, into day-to-day scripting where appropriate.