Automation Test Lead

Trident Consulting is seeking a "Automation Test Lead" for one of our client. A global leader in business and technology services.

Job Title: Automation Test Lead

Location: San Diego, CA (Onsite)

Bill Rate: $50/hr on W2

Job Description:

Years of Experience: 10+ Years of Experience

Summary:

Seeking an experienced Automation Test Lead to drive test automation strategy and support release management for enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, and TypeScript, including migration of automation frameworks from Selenium to Playwright. This role requires expertise in API testing, Python programming, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and DevOps practices.

Job Responsibilities:

• Expertise in Writing, Enhancing and Executing automated scripts for test cases using Playwright Automation tool
• Experience in Typescript and Rest assured framework
• Experience in Selenium to Playwright framework migration
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub actions and DevOps practices
• Proficiency in tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub Copilot
• Incorporate GenAI tools in Testing.
• Hands-on experience testing Generative AI solutions leveraging LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, Bedrock) and AWS services, including prompt validation, model evaluation, and AI application testing.

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

1. UI Automation using Playwright and Selenium
2. Exposure to GenAI tools in Testing
3. Good in TypeScript, API Testing and Python Programming.

About Trident Consulting : Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we have partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.

We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.