Automation Architect Lead

Are you interested in working with the World’s leading AI-powered Quality Engineering Company? Ready to advance your career, team up with global thought leaders across industries and make a difference every day? Join us at QualityAI! Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Architect Lead to lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable automation frameworks while driving AI-enabled quality engineering practices. This role combines hands-on automation development with technical leadership, ensuring high-quality software delivery through modern testing strategies, robust automation solutions, and continuous improvement initiatives. Required Qualifications 7+ years of experience in Automation Testing, Test Engineering, Quality Engineering, SDET, Automation Architect, or a similar technical QA role. Deep hands-on expertise with Playwright, including framework design, optimization, governance, and test orchestration. Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, automation architecture, CI/CD integration, and quality engineering best practices. Experience utilizing AI-assisted testing tools and techniques to improve test design, defect analysis, test data generation, traceability, and automation efficiency. Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, or similar languages. Experience with API testing, database validation, SQL, and integrated enterprise applications. Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills. Proven ability to remain hands-on while leading automation strategy and quality initiatives. Key Responsibilities Automation Architecture & Framework Development Design, architect, and enhance Playwright-based automation frameworks supporting functional, regression, integration, API, and data-driven testing. Develop scalable, modular, and reusable automation solutions aligned with CI/CD pipelines. Establish automation standards, governance, maintainability, performance, and scalability best practices. Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies that improve automation maturity and delivery efficiency. AI-Enabled Quality Engineering Apply AI tools and techniques to improve test authoring, defect analysis, test data generation, traceability, and automation effectiveness. Leverage AI-assisted workflows to accelerate test case design, identify coverage gaps, and optimize regression testing. Analyze requirements and acceptance criteria using AI-driven approaches to identify risks, ambiguities, and dependencies early in the SDLC. Evaluate capabilities such as self-healing automation, intelligent regression selection, anomaly detection, and defect triage. Ensure AI-generated outputs are validated, traceable, and aligned with governance and quality standards. Hands-On Testing & Automation Develop and maintain automated test scripts based on user stories, business requirements, and technical specifications. Perform manual, exploratory, automated, API, integration, and data-driven testing as needed. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing initiatives. Quality Assurance & Defect Management Identify, analyze, document, and validate software defects through automated and manual testing. Drive continuous improvement of test coverage through automation planning and test suite optimization. Support root-cause analysis and recommend preventative quality improvements. Utilize AI-assisted techniques to improve defect analysis and quality insights. Collaboration & Leadership Partner with developers, product owners, architects, analysts, and project managers to ensure quality throughout the development lifecycle. Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide guidance on testability, automation opportunities, and quality risks. Mentor team members on automation frameworks, tooling, AI-assisted testing, and quality engineering best practices. Promote shift-left testing and continuous quality improvement. Data & Backend Validation Use SQL to validate backend workflows, data integrity, and business processes. Create, manage, and maintain test data required for comprehensive testing scenarios. Validate APIs, integrations, and end-to-end business workflows. Preferred Candidate Profile Strong expertise in Playwright and modern test automation practices. Experience with AI-assisted testing tools, copilots, and AI-enabled quality engineering solutions. Demonstrated success leading automation architecture and enterprise-quality initiatives. Ability to communicate technical strategies and architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and advancing quality engineering through automation and AI. Benefits Why QualityAI? QualityAI is an AI-first quality engineering company helping enterprises deploy and scale complex systems with greater confidence. Operating across data, models, platforms, infrastructure, and operational environments, the company provides assurance and engineering expertise that helps organizations ensure systems perform reliably in real-world conditions. Formerly Qualitest, QualityAI supports global enterprises across regulated and technology-driven industries, combining deep engineering heritage with AI-enabled delivery, operational assurance, and lifecycle expertise to help clients achieve certainty at go-live. Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace - we are one, we are many at QualityAI. Celebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences. Local and global opportunities - we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career. Clear view of your career and progression with the company - QualityAI is growing massively (since Jan 2021 - added more than 2000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us. Work hard and play harder with our flexible and casual culture. Take a break from work and join an employee event, or enjoy the amenities and games provided from one of our Employees Centers. Never stop experimenting and learning with QualityAI Tech academy: 3000+ training courses, mentorship programs, technical tribes, sponsored certifications, leadership programs and much more. Earn bonuses via our Client Referral and Employee Referral Program’s. Refer and earn - tap your network for net-worth. A Competitive pay, the salary range for the role is $145,000 to $160,000 USD Yearly If you like what you have read, send us your resume and let’s start talking! Intrigued to find more about us? Visit our website at QualityAI (Formerly Qualitest Group) | World’s Leading AI-First Quality Engineering Company LinkedIn: