Test Automation Lead (Appium, Playwright)

Location: Remote in the Caribbean, Latin America, or Brazil (Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, etc.)

About the job 

Testlio is a leading quality management company. Its unique approach combines humans and machines to help digital innovators assure quality products at scale. On 600K+ real devices. In 100+ languages. With 800+ payment methods. The company is 100% remote, with people in 150+ countries. It is female-founded; 46% of full-time people are women. Clients include Amazon, athenahealth, Match Group, Microsoft, the NBA, Netflix, PayPal, SAP, Uber, Wayfair, and many more. To learn more, visit www.testlio.com.

We're seeking a QA Automation Lead to enhance our automation capabilities, improve existing processes, and mentor team members. This role is crucial in transforming our automation practices and demonstrating value to clients.

Why You’ll Love This Job

• An opportunity to significantly impact Testlio’s continued growth as a contributor to the Quality Engineering Center of Excellence.
• With a vast variety of customers in Testlio’s portfolio, you will be able to go through situations that you can’t find anywhere else - you will be dealing with multiple projects and partnering with a wonderful team to build amazing app experiences for the most exciting companies in the world!
• Chance to work alongside and learn from strongly motivated and experienced co-workers from diverse backgrounds and locations while enjoying the flexibility of a distributed team.
• You will shape the current and future Testlio approach to Automated Testing and work closely with our platform team to imagine and deliver solutions. 
• Despite the distances, you’ll love our collaborative global culture and contribute to making Testlio a great place to work!

Why you will love being a part of Testlio?

• A true sense of belonging: the TestLion Pride is a global community of like-minded people who live Testlio’s six values every day.
• Enable human possibilities: your work at Testlio has a larger purpose. As a TestLion, you will not only help our customers create well-built digital experiences for their users, but also create opportunities for Testlio's freelance network, and support social impact programs like Ignite. 
• Great culture: Testlio’s is female-founded and is 46% women. Our purpose, vision and values help drive positive mindsets and behaviors. People like working with each other and love the global scale of the company. We move fast and empower people on the frontlines to make decisions and own initiatives.
• Investment in you: Testlio is a global company and we’ve created a few benefits that are available regardless of your location. In addition to the paid time off mentioned above, you can reimburse up to $300/yr for learning, you will receive stock options and an equipment policy with Testlio contributing to the bulk of the cost with regular equipment update intervals.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and improve Test Automation on client engagements, focusing on scalability and maintainability.
• Assess existing automation codebases to evaluate ways to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and implement automation strategies using a variety of frameworks - we work with Playwright, Appium, Selenium, Postman, and others.
• Integrate automation into DevOps pipelines.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor team members.
• Create and execute automation roadmaps.
• Perform automation audits and implement improvements.
• Collaborate with clients to drive strategic automated testing solutions.
• Educate and influence team members on automation best practices.
• Contribute to the Quality Engineering Center of Excellence.

What You Need to Succeed

• Technical skills:
  • 5+ years of test automation experience.
  • 3+ years leading Test Automation teams.
  • Expertise in Playwright, Appium, and Selenium automation.
  • Proficiency in TypeScript, Java, and Python.
  • Experience with web and mobile application testing.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD integration for test automation.
  • Track record of improving and maintaining legacy automation suites.
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work with diverse frameworks and programming languages.
• Human skills:
  • Outstanding communication skills in English.
  • Experience working with external clients.
  • Adaptable and quick learner.
  • Strong mentor and t