SDET, Team Lead III

Test Team Lead
AI Adoption & Team Enablement

Identify and promote AI tools that improve test coverage, defect prediction, and automation (e.g., test script authoring, intelligent selection, anomaly detection).

Develop and implement an AI up-skilling plan for testers, from basics to practical application.

Run training and learning sessions to boost confidence and adoption of AI tools among testers.

Work with Quality leadership to integrate AI best practices into standards and processes.

Keep up with new AI testing technologies and share updates with the team regularly.

Partner with Quality leadership to evaluate and adopt AI tools, providing guidance and support for the team with enablement activities shared across the group.

What you will be doing
Automation Infrastructure & Tooling

Review and refine test tools and frameworks to match platform changes.

Collaborate with the team to maintain and improve automation infrastructure and lead the design of new frameworks when needed.

Build new frameworks or prototypes for microservices and third-party integrations.

Collaborate in cross-team automation projects and share reusable components.

Audit automation test suites regularly for accuracy, coverage, and business value.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Host technical meetings with testers to align priorities and share updates.

Identify and resolve technical issues to maintain workflow.

Advise as an expert on testing tools and processes.

Quickly address build and development pipeline problems.

Coordinate with Tech Ops to secure necessary resources.

Support deployments and release processes across environments.

Hands-On Testing & Product Knowledge

Conduct both automated and manual testing to stay familiar with product workflows and platform behavior.

Regularly update your knowledge of product workflows so testing strategies match real user journeys and key business paths.

Help your team by writing code during critical delivery phases as needed.

Quality Assessment & Defect Management

Use metrics like execution rates, coverage, and pass/fail trends to evaluate testing quality.

Review production defects to gauge deliverable quality and pinpoint process gaps.

Promote prevention and early detection, aiming to cut defect escapes and enhance shift‑left practices.

People Leadership & Process Governance

Oversee peer reviews of test scripts for efficient workflow and timely feedback.

Maintain consistent application of quality practices like code reviews, branching, naming, and documentation standards.

Provide mentorship and technical guidance to help the team grow their skills, especially in automation and AI.

Support technical and professional growth through coaching and career development within quality engineering.

What you will bring

5+ years in software quality engineering, including 2+ years as a technical lead or senior automation engineer.

Proficient in at least one modern automation framework (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, RestAssured, Karate, etc.).

Experienced with CI/CD pipelines and development tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).

Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and API testing (REST, GraphQL, event-driven).

Background in mentoring, coaching, or leading test engineering teams.

Skilled in defining and executing test strategies across agile teams.

Excellent communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

Experience with AI-assisted testing tools or Copilot-based script generation.

Familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP and testing distributed or multi-region systems.

Knowledge of observability tools (NewRelic, Datadog, Grafana, Splunk) for production monitoring.

Background in automation or emerging tech training programs.

Perks & Benefits

Contrato a termino Indefinido with all the legal benefits

Prepaid Medicine

Life insurance and funeral assistance

Internet allowance

Home office stipend

Competitive compensation — above the market average

100% remote work environment and an excellent work-life balance

Opportunity to work for a growing global SaaS leader company

A culture that promotes independence, innovation, trust, and accountability

Open space to be creative, innovative, and strategize for the future

Mentorship by a highly experienced professional

Budget for training, we want you to grow

5 Personal Time Off days per year

Sick Leave Top up to total 100% of salary paid by the employer from Day 3 to 90.

Recognition Award, additional paid time off in recognition of the corresponding year of service

Upgrade vacation starting at 5 years of service

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - TELUS Health

AI-first environment: Be part of an AI-first engineering organization that embraces modern tools, automation, and AI-driven ways of working.

Location:

This is a fully remote position located in Colombia.

We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds.

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